AFT Legislative Hotline: Coalition for Public Schools Symposium, Dec 2 at State Capitol Auditorium
The Lowdown on Vouchers: On December 2 the Coalition for Public Schools (in which Texas AFT is a member) will hold a symposium at the state capitol to examine the evidence regarding private-school vouchers and related policies—and then to look at research-based alternatives. The free event, billed as a Pre-Legislative Education Symposium, will be well worth the time of anyone who can make it to Austin on December 2. Here’s more information:
PRE-LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION
SYMPOSIUM
Respected academic researchers and Texas education leaders
examine the flaws in voucher programs that threaten public education.
December 2, 2014 – 9:00 – 11:30 AM
Capitol Auditorium – Austin, Texas
THREE PANELS FEATURING
Dr. Kevin Welner – Director of the National Education Policy Center
Dr. Julie Fisher Mead – Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
University of Wisconsin – Madison
Dr. Luis Huerta – Teachers College, Columbia University
Dr. David Anthony – Raise Your Hand Texas
Leslie Boggs – Texas PTA President
Gina Hinojosa – Austin ISD School Board
John Kuhn – Superintendent Perrin-Whitt ISD
Allen Weeks – Save Texas Schools
Steven Aleman – Disability Rights Texas
Special Charge by Rev. Charles Foster Johnson – Pastors for Texas Children
Sponsored by The Coalition for Public Schools
Texas AFT represents more than 65,000 teachers, paraprofessionals, support personnel, and higher-education employees across the state. Texas AFT is affiliated with the 1.5-million-member American Federation of Teachers.
