Pol. Adv. paid for by Texas Freedom Network. This fall, voters from South Padre to Matagorda Bay have a superpower. It’s the power to positively impact the future of millions of Texas public school children. With a simple vote, they can replace a politician who sides with far-right crusaders on the State Board of Education […]
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Advocacy Impact at the Texas SBOE
Four Texans Fighting for Truth & Inclusion in Education The year 2026 will go down in infamy at the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE). It is the year that Texas may have become the first state in the nation to require a set list of readings – including Bible stories – in every grade […]
An Inherited Belief in Advocating for What’s Right
Iniya traces the roots of her advocacy back to Pinkerton Elementary School in Coppell ISD, near Dallas. She credits teachers there with inspiring and encouraging her to find her interests and her voice. But the roots Pinkerton nourished grew from seeds planted at home. Her family inherited a belief in advocating for what is right. […]
An Educator Becomes an Advocate for Inclusive Education
Sue Anderson has been making a difference in the realm of education for over 35 years, first as a special education teacher for pre-school and elementary school children, then later as a professor, helping to prepare pre-service teachers to enter the profession. Yet she had not been deeply involved in education advocacy until a few […]
Faith Inspires Student’s SBOE Advocacy
Through public school, homeschooling during the pandemic, and now online school, 14-year-old Austinite Abdurahman has had at least one constant in his education: parents who taught him to be an inquisitive and deep thinker. They are raising him to critically analyze information rather than accept it at face value. When he heard about the proposed […]
