The Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE) launched an education and election advocacy website, TeachtheVote.org, designed to get teachers out of the classroom and into a voting booth on Election Day.
ATPE has also teamed up with more than 10 other education groups in support of a new initiative called TexasEducatorsVote.com.
The sites push administrators to encourage early voting, of any candidate, and to ensure that every employee is given the time during the workday to get to the polls.
"We’re coming together for the first time in an unprecedented way,” ATPE Governmental Relations Director Brock Gregg said. “Our goal is to implore educators and the public to take action. There are about one million active and retired public school educators in Texas. If they all go out and vote, this could have a tremendous positive impact on public education."
ATPE and other groups are asking every superintendent and principal in the state to join TexasEducatorsVote.com to ensure nothing less than the highest education turnout the state has ever seen.
School administrators have the opportunity to promote voter participation by all school employees and send the message that strong voter turnout among education stakeholders will help ensure the future success of our state’s public education system.
