Texas State Teachers Association
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Education Commissioner Mike Morath equated experience-based teacher pay with socialism to the State Board of Education.
TSTA disagrees. Seniority-based pay rewards educators for their years of service providing quality teaching to our students. We will keep fighting for more pay for all teachers.
TSTA disagrees. Seniority-based pay rewards educators for their years of service providing quality teaching to our students. We will keep fighting for more pay for all teachers.
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Education Commissioner Mike Morath equated experience-based teacher pay with socialism to the State Board of Education.
TSTA disagrees. Seniority-based pay rewards educators for their years of service providing quality teaching to our students. We will keep fighting for more pay for all teachers.
TSTA disagrees. Seniority-based pay rewards educators for their years of service providing quality teaching to our students. We will keep fighting for more pay for all teachers.
The Trump administration announced last week it would continue dismantling the Department of Education, even though it can be abolished only by Congress.
Without this funding, fewer Texas students will get enough to eat, attend college and receive an equal and high-quality education.
Without this funding, fewer Texas students will get enough to eat, attend college and receive an equal and high-quality education.
November 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Trump administration announced last week it would continue dismantling the Department of Education, even though it can be abolished only by Congress.
Without this funding, fewer Texas students will get enough to eat, attend college and receive an equal and high-quality education.
Without this funding, fewer Texas students will get enough to eat, attend college and receive an equal and high-quality education.
The Trump Administration has just decided that highly trained, licensed and essential workers, don't qualify as "professional" enough to receive federal loans.
Removing that status means that students are deterred from entering in-demand fields, enrollment falls and workforce shortages worsen.
Removing that status means that students are deterred from entering in-demand fields, enrollment falls and workforce shortages worsen.
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The Trump Administration has just decided that highly trained, licensed and essential workers, don't qualify as "professional" enough to receive federal loans.
Removing that status means that students are deterred from entering in-demand fields, enrollment falls and workforce shortages worsen.
Removing that status means that students are deterred from entering in-demand fields, enrollment falls and workforce shortages worsen.
To close out #AEW2025, Substitute Educators Day celebrates the professional educators that provide a critical link to provide continued quality education to children.
Thank you substitute educators for all you do!
Thank you substitute educators for all you do!
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
To close out #AEW2025, Substitute Educators Day celebrates the professional educators that provide a critical link to provide continued quality education to children.
Thank you substitute educators for all you do!
Thank you substitute educators for all you do!
The Trump Administration chose American Education Week to announce their illegal plan to further abandon students by dismantling the Department of Education.
The Department of Education is essential to our students' success.
Tell Congress to stop the plan to dismantle the DOE: www.nea.org/defend
The Department of Education is essential to our students' success.
Tell Congress to stop the plan to dismantle the DOE: www.nea.org/defend
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The Trump Administration chose American Education Week to announce their illegal plan to further abandon students by dismantling the Department of Education.
The Department of Education is essential to our students' success.
Tell Congress to stop the plan to dismantle the DOE: www.nea.org/defend
The Department of Education is essential to our students' success.
Tell Congress to stop the plan to dismantle the DOE: www.nea.org/defend
In a win for religious freedom and church-state separation, a federal judge required over a dozen Texas public school districts to remove Ten Commandments displays by Dec. 1 and prohibiting them from posting new displays.
Public schools are for education, not evangelism.
Public schools are for education, not evangelism.
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
In a win for religious freedom and church-state separation, a federal judge required over a dozen Texas public school districts to remove Ten Commandments displays by Dec. 1 and prohibiting them from posting new displays.
Public schools are for education, not evangelism.
Public schools are for education, not evangelism.
Each year, TMA’s Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching recognize and reward science teachers whose energy and enthusiasm for science spark their students’ interest.
Learn more and apply or nominate someone here: www.texmed.org/teachers/
Learn more and apply or nominate someone here: www.texmed.org/teachers/
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Each year, TMA’s Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching recognize and reward science teachers whose energy and enthusiasm for science spark their students’ interest.
Learn more and apply or nominate someone here: www.texmed.org/teachers/
Learn more and apply or nominate someone here: www.texmed.org/teachers/
The Trump administration announced Tuesday its plan to shift the Department of Education functions to other federal agencies—an unprecedented, unilateral attempt to dismantle a department created by Congress to guarantee equal access to educational opportunity to this nation’s children.
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Trump administration announced Tuesday its plan to shift the Department of Education functions to other federal agencies—an unprecedented, unilateral attempt to dismantle a department created by Congress to guarantee equal access to educational opportunity to this nation’s children.
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Shame on this administration.
Their latest attempt to dismantle the Dept of Education—during American Education Week—is illegal and immoral. Not only do they want to starve and steal from our students—they want to rob them of their futures.
Anyone who claims to care about children should be livid.
Their latest attempt to dismantle the Dept of Education—during American Education Week—is illegal and immoral. Not only do they want to starve and steal from our students—they want to rob them of their futures.
Anyone who claims to care about children should be livid.
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Shame on this administration.
Their latest attempt to dismantle the Dept of Education—during American Education Week—is illegal and immoral. Not only do they want to starve and steal from our students—they want to rob them of their futures.
Anyone who claims to care about children should be livid.
Their latest attempt to dismantle the Dept of Education—during American Education Week—is illegal and immoral. Not only do they want to starve and steal from our students—they want to rob them of their futures.
Anyone who claims to care about children should be livid.
In his reelection announcement last week, Gov. Abbott proposed eliminating school property taxes without suggesting how to replace the billions of dollars in lost revenue, much of which is used to fund public education. Instead, Abbott celebrated his new $1 billion voucher program.
November 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
In his reelection announcement last week, Gov. Abbott proposed eliminating school property taxes without suggesting how to replace the billions of dollars in lost revenue, much of which is used to fund public education. Instead, Abbott celebrated his new $1 billion voucher program.
Happy ESP Day! This #AEW2025, we are coming together to celebrate the incredible members of our school family who continue to keep students safe, healthy, and ready to learn every day. #WeLoveOurESPs
November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy ESP Day! This #AEW2025, we are coming together to celebrate the incredible members of our school family who continue to keep students safe, healthy, and ready to learn every day. #WeLoveOurESPs
A three-judge panel just ruled that Texas cannot use its new congressional map for the 2026 election and must stick to the map drawn in 2021.
The decision is a major blow for Republicans and Trump who pushed the unusual mid-decade redistricting to protect the narrow GOP majority in the U.S. House.
The decision is a major blow for Republicans and Trump who pushed the unusual mid-decade redistricting to protect the narrow GOP majority in the U.S. House.
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A three-judge panel just ruled that Texas cannot use its new congressional map for the 2026 election and must stick to the map drawn in 2021.
The decision is a major blow for Republicans and Trump who pushed the unusual mid-decade redistricting to protect the narrow GOP majority in the U.S. House.
The decision is a major blow for Republicans and Trump who pushed the unusual mid-decade redistricting to protect the narrow GOP majority in the U.S. House.
#GradingTexas blog: Greg Abbott, one of the most anti-public education governors Texas has ever had, will probably be reelected to a fourth term next year if Texans who have the most to lose with Abbott don’t quit voting for him. tsta.org/grading-texa...
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#GradingTexas blog: Greg Abbott, one of the most anti-public education governors Texas has ever had, will probably be reelected to a fourth term next year if Texans who have the most to lose with Abbott don’t quit voting for him. tsta.org/grading-texa...
This Thursday at 6pm CT, join us for a webinar to hear how together we can support student and educator mental health, especially as our communities face the Trump regime’s widespread ICE abductions, harassment and intimidation.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/46882dsh
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/46882dsh
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This Thursday at 6pm CT, join us for a webinar to hear how together we can support student and educator mental health, especially as our communities face the Trump regime’s widespread ICE abductions, harassment and intimidation.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/46882dsh
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/46882dsh
Ongoing research shows that parental involvement in schools improves student achievement and reduces absenteeism.
Today on Family Day of #AEW2025, the NEA calls upon Americans to do their part in making public schools great for every child so that they can grow and achieve.
Today on Family Day of #AEW2025, the NEA calls upon Americans to do their part in making public schools great for every child so that they can grow and achieve.
November 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Ongoing research shows that parental involvement in schools improves student achievement and reduces absenteeism.
Today on Family Day of #AEW2025, the NEA calls upon Americans to do their part in making public schools great for every child so that they can grow and achieve.
Today on Family Day of #AEW2025, the NEA calls upon Americans to do their part in making public schools great for every child so that they can grow and achieve.
Join us for our TSTA webinar on new anti-DEI law tomorrow, November 18 at 6:30pm. This online training — “Intro to SOGI and Terminology” and “What is Senate Bill 12?” — will be hosted by TSTA’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Committee.
Register here: tinyurl.com/shf6pa2p
Register here: tinyurl.com/shf6pa2p
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Join us for our TSTA webinar on new anti-DEI law tomorrow, November 18 at 6:30pm. This online training — “Intro to SOGI and Terminology” and “What is Senate Bill 12?” — will be hosted by TSTA’s Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Committee.
Register here: tinyurl.com/shf6pa2p
Register here: tinyurl.com/shf6pa2p
Join NEA and ISTE+ASCD this Thursday, November 20 to discover how secondary educators are bringing AI into their classrooms in meaningful ways using the Empowering Learners for the Age of AI: An AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/2usesrc9
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/2usesrc9
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Join NEA and ISTE+ASCD this Thursday, November 20 to discover how secondary educators are bringing AI into their classrooms in meaningful ways using the Empowering Learners for the Age of AI: An AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education.
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/2usesrc9
Register for free here: tinyurl.com/2usesrc9
Happy American Education Week! During #AEW2025, we celebrate the wide range and incredible team of support professionals who support, nourish, and protect public school students. They make public education possible every day.
November 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Happy American Education Week! During #AEW2025, we celebrate the wide range and incredible team of support professionals who support, nourish, and protect public school students. They make public education possible every day.
Most of HB 8, enacted during the second special legislative session last summer, will go into effect in the 2027-28 school year, including an increase from one to three standardized testing periods each school year.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/57jrv878
Read more here: tinyurl.com/57jrv878
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Most of HB 8, enacted during the second special legislative session last summer, will go into effect in the 2027-28 school year, including an increase from one to three standardized testing periods each school year.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/57jrv878
Read more here: tinyurl.com/57jrv878
Today is your last chance to apply for NEA's Disability Rights and Inclusion Coalition Grant! Get those applications in before midnight to earn up to $25,000 for programs and ideas benefiting students and educators with disabilities.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/3t8tpzzf
Apply here: tinyurl.com/3t8tpzzf
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today is your last chance to apply for NEA's Disability Rights and Inclusion Coalition Grant! Get those applications in before midnight to earn up to $25,000 for programs and ideas benefiting students and educators with disabilities.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/3t8tpzzf
Apply here: tinyurl.com/3t8tpzzf
Today at 9:30am, the Senate and House Select Committees on Civil Discourse & Freedom of
Speech in Higher Education is meeting to discuss academic freedom and censorship at public universities.
Leave public comment now: tinyurl.com/3xpzdyjt
Watch the hearing live: tinyurl.com/ypp8x3zm
Speech in Higher Education is meeting to discuss academic freedom and censorship at public universities.
Leave public comment now: tinyurl.com/3xpzdyjt
Watch the hearing live: tinyurl.com/ypp8x3zm
November 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Today at 9:30am, the Senate and House Select Committees on Civil Discourse & Freedom of
Speech in Higher Education is meeting to discuss academic freedom and censorship at public universities.
Leave public comment now: tinyurl.com/3xpzdyjt
Watch the hearing live: tinyurl.com/ypp8x3zm
Speech in Higher Education is meeting to discuss academic freedom and censorship at public universities.
Leave public comment now: tinyurl.com/3xpzdyjt
Watch the hearing live: tinyurl.com/ypp8x3zm
Sending federal education dollars to the states with little to no oversight makes it much less likely that the funding will reach the students it was intended for. Instead, they are often funneled into school voucher schemes.
November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sending federal education dollars to the states with little to no oversight makes it much less likely that the funding will reach the students it was intended for. Instead, they are often funneled into school voucher schemes.
We need the real experts — educators — for TEA work groups for social studies TEKS.
It is critical that educators apply for these review groups, which also will include parents, industry representatives and, alas, ideologues who want to destroy public education.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/396rtkhy
It is critical that educators apply for these review groups, which also will include parents, industry representatives and, alas, ideologues who want to destroy public education.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/396rtkhy
November 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
We need the real experts — educators — for TEA work groups for social studies TEKS.
It is critical that educators apply for these review groups, which also will include parents, industry representatives and, alas, ideologues who want to destroy public education.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/396rtkhy
It is critical that educators apply for these review groups, which also will include parents, industry representatives and, alas, ideologues who want to destroy public education.
Apply here: tinyurl.com/396rtkhy
Happy Veterans Day! Today, we honor and thank the courageous veterans who have served and are currently serving us at home and around the world.
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Happy Veterans Day! Today, we honor and thank the courageous veterans who have served and are currently serving us at home and around the world.
The Senate and House Select Committees on Civil Discourse & Freedom of Speech in Higher Education will meet jointly to hear testimony regarding civil discourse, freedom of speech and academic censorship, and SB 37.
Leave public comment now here: comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c052
Leave public comment now here: comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c052
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The Senate and House Select Committees on Civil Discourse & Freedom of Speech in Higher Education will meet jointly to hear testimony regarding civil discourse, freedom of speech and academic censorship, and SB 37.
Leave public comment now here: comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c052
Leave public comment now here: comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c052