Goose Creek AFT

03/09/2026

https://www.texasaft.org/government/elections/texas-labor-movement-celebrates-gina-hinojosas-victory-in-working-families-rally-gallery/

Following Rep. Hinojosa's decisive primary win on Tuesday, labor activists and supporters gathered in downtown Houston to kick off the fight to November.

03/02/2026

https://www.texasaft.org/government/tea/sboe-recap-may-we-all-be-advised-nothing-about-this-is-normal/

The State Board of Education (SBOE) met in Austin on Feb. 25 for a whirlwind one-day special meeting. On the agenda were items related to instructional materials, the social revision process, civics trainings, and parental rights training. More Than a Handful of Errors After considering a few titles...

02/24/2026

https://www.texasaft.org/features/who-decides-what-texas-teachers-can-say-the-constitution-or-tea/

Something unprecedented is happening in Texas: last Fall, state officials launched investigations into more than 350 educators based on their personal social media posts. Teachers were fired, doxed, and threatened while lawmakers have made some of these threats with impunity. This hypocrisy matters....

02/17/2026

https://www.mobilize.us/texasaft/event/892161/

Instructional Strategies that Work for All Disciplines In this in-person session, participants will explore how the brain processes information and why all students have the capacity for personal and academic growth. They will internalize strategies to help their students access the content they are...

02/16/2026

https://www.texasaft.org/research/reports/food-additives-in-our-school-lunches-what-sb-314-does/

You may have heard a lot about food additives lately and discourse around “ultra-processed foods”. Did you know that Texas passed MAHA-inspired legislation during the 89th legislative session? Here’s everything you need to know about SB 314.

02/13/2026

https://www.aft.org/book

AFT President Randi Weingarten’s new book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers: Public Education and the Future of Democracy, exposes the long-planned strategy to undermine education—and lifts up the powerful role educators play in protecting truth and democracy.

01/30/2026

https://www.aft.org/ae/winter2025-2026

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01/28/2026

https://www.texasaft.org/releases/texas-aft-seeks-preliminary-injunction-in-lawsuit-over-state-investigations-into-educators-after-the-assassination-of-charlie-kirk/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 26, 2026 CONTACT: Marco Guajardo, Public Relations Specialist - [email protected] [email protected] Texas AFT seeks preliminary injunction in lawsuit over state investigations into educators after the assassination of Charlie Kirk The teachers union filed....

01/26/2026

https://www.texasaft.org/government/legislature/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-the-sb-12-fight-continues-in-alamo-heights-isd/

SB 12, marketed to the public as “Parent’s Rights” legislation, continues to have a much broader impact than even the clearly stated anti-diversity components in the bill.

01/21/2026

https://www.aft.org/column/march-autocracy

People are pushing back against assaults on our freedoms.The United States has never fully lived up to our nation’s founding ideals, but our democracy has set us apart from rule by monarchs, despots and dictators. As we approach America’s 250th anniversary, I am mindful of Abraham Lincoln’s fe...

04/03/2025

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03/07/2025

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