Advocacy Blog

Early voting begins Monday—talk to family and friends now about the importance of voting pro-public education. Plus, watch a new on-demand webinar about the importance of retaining NBCT as a TIA designation pathway.

For many Texas educators, National Board Certification is their only pathway to eligibility for increased compensation under the Teacher Incentive Allotment.

ATPE testifies at Senate Education interim hearings. Plus: Join ATPE and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) for a webinar Oct. 15.

TEA received nearly three times as many requests to rescore open-ended responses on reading assessments this spring as it did the previous year.

Interim charges on the agenda included evaluating the implementation of the voucher program, studying implementation of laws concerning parental rights and library books, and student discipline.

The Senate Committee on Education met Oct. 6 for the first of two days of interim hearings on its interim charges from Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R). 

U.S. Department of Education rolls back Title IX regulations. Plus: Make sure you’re registered to vote before the Oct. 5 voter registration deadline.

At a joint budget hearing Tuesday, Commissioner of Education Mike Morath made a pitch for an additional $119 million to fund “Bluebonnet Implementation Supports.”

The reversion to 2020 regulations returns schools to the previous framework for addressing sex-based harassment, which affects not only LGBTQ students but also all students experiencing harassment, including pregnant students.