Association of Texas Professional Educators
<p>March 25, 2015</p>
<p>&ldquo;Educators and parents have asked for the legislature to make education funding a top priority this session so that our students don&rsquo;t have to wait any longer for an adequate education,&rdquo; ATPE Executive Director Gary Godsey said. &ldquo;The House leadership has answered the call. We&rsquo;d like to thank Chairman Aycock and Chairman Otto for courageously providing true leadership by taking the first step on fixing our broken school finance system. When children have the resources they need, they are successful, and when they are successful academically, they are much more likely to become productive members of society. Making public education a priority is the greatest thing we can do for our children and our state&#39;s future, and the decision to invest in Texas&#39;s 5 million public school children is one that benefits us all.&ldquo;</p>
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<p>The Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) has been a strong voice for Texas educators since 1980. It is the leading educators&rsquo; association in Texas with more than 100,000 members statewide. With its strong collaborative philosophy, ATPE speaks for classroom teachers, administrators, future, retired and paraeducators and works to create better opportunities for 5 million public schoolchildren. ATPE is the voice of Texas public school education.</p>
ATPE statement regarding Aycock’s Press Conference on Public Ed
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March 25, 2015
“Educators and parents have asked for the legislature to make education funding a top priority this session so that our students don’t have to wait any longer for an adequate education,” ATPE Executive Director Gary Godsey said. “The House leadership has answered the call. We’d like to thank Chairman Aycock and Chairman Otto for courageously providing true leadership by taking the first step on fixing our broken school finance system. When children have the resources they need, they are successful, and when they are successful academically, they are much more likely to become productive members of society. Making public education a priority is the greatest thing we can do for our children and our state's future, and the decision to invest in Texas's 5 million public school children is one that benefits us all.“
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The Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) has been a strong voice for Texas educators since 1980. It is the leading educators’ association in Texas with more than 100,000 members statewide. With its strong collaborative philosophy, ATPE speaks for classroom teachers, administrators, future, retired and paraeducators and works to create better opportunities for 5 million public schoolchildren. ATPE is the voice of Texas public school education.
