Reports that lawmakers in Texas have raised teachers' pay, implemented new tests for Texas students, and cut property taxes. Information on the budget allocation for education in Texas; Remarks ...
"There are some folks who think maybe this is too big, too bold, too ambitious. The Texas I know does big things. We lead the way. We're the state that sent a man to the moon. In Texas, we go big or go home. And it's time, at this moment, to go big on teacher pay," ...
Texas teachers have made it clear they want lawmakers to grant them a raise this legislative session. But House Speaker Dade Phelan has instead prioritized teacher mentorships. DALLAS-Texas teachers have made it clear they want lawmakers to grant them a raise this legislative session. But House S...
Members of the Texas Legislature are proposing a $2,000 across-the-board pay raise for Texas teachers. The cost to taxpayers? $800 million per year. But apparently that isn’t enough for some. In an e-mail to their membership on May 2, the Texas Federation of Teachers asked “Are you...
Talarico stated, "Texas is currently sitting on $47 billion worth of unused state funds. We can give every Texas teacher a $15,000 raise and still have HALF of the surplus left over."Have you ever considered a career in education? Was the pay one of the reasons you didn't pursue it...
Capo agreed with Rogers. "No educator should have to go through that," said Capo. State Representatives like Democrat Mihaela Plesa of Plano support the Educator's Bill of Rights and say the state needs to provide teachers a much-needed pay raise. ...
The Texas State Teachers Association and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas condemned the takeover. At a news conference in Austin, state Democratic leaders called for the Legislature to increase funding for education and raise teacher pay. “We acknowledge that there’s been underperformance...
Inflation impacts teachers’ and staff members’ lives, too. So districts are under increased pressure to raise salaries, which make up the bulk of school budgets. Plus, lawmakers instituted expensive mandates around security but didn’t provide enough money to cover the actual cost,...
the North Carolina Association of Educators, demands that legislators increase per-pupil spending to the national average in four years, increase school construction for a growing state, and approve a multiyear pay raise for teachers and school support staff that would raise incomes to the national...
Well, hell, everybody wants to give teachers a pay raise. I still am dumbfounded by that response. It revealed something to me, that they had basically played their cards. It was a signal to me that it was over, and that night was not rough on George W. Bush by any measure at ...