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Texas PTA Responds to Recently Released TEA Accountability Ratings

May 2025

At Texas PTA, we believe in strong public schools and the power of informed families. The release last week of Texas school ratings offers a glimpse of how our campuses are performing—but it’s just that:...

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Texas PTA Gears Up for Rally Day 2025: Advocating for Texas Students

February 2025

On February 24, 2025, parents, educators, and advocates from across Texas will unite at the State Capitol in Austin for Texas PTA’s biennial Rally Day. This powerful event provides a platform for PTA members to...

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Road to Raising the Age

January 2021

Michele Deitch has been talking about prison reform for more than 30 years. She’s an attorney and professor at the University of Texas schools of law and public affairs where she has written and contributed...

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Addressing the Digital Divide: Texas PTA Forms Texas Digital Access Coalition

October 2020

COVID-19 has forced each of us to reassess how we operate within our home, workplace, and community. The pandemic has magnified many systemic inequities that the Texas Legislature must address during the upcoming legislative session...

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Disrupting the Opportunity Gap

April 2020

Inequity in public education has a long and persistent history in the United States. Progress to close these disparities associated with race, gender, economic status, community, and familial situations has been both slow and challenging....

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