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Brandon is from Texas and lives in Parker County. He earned his bachelor’s degree in pastoral theology 

Brandon is a pastor. He previously worked as an aide in the U.S. House of Representatives

Brandon Hall's campaign for state board of education member is his 1st run for public office.

Supports House Bill (HB) 1605, which would allow Bible stories in elementary school reading programs.

- Supports House Bill (HB) 1605, which would allow Bible stories in elementary school reading programs.

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Supports banning pride flags in the classroom.

- Supports banning pride flags in the classroom.

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Brandon Hall

Brandon Hall's campaign for State Board of Education Member is his 1st run for public office.

- Supports House Bill (HB) 1605, which would allow Bible stories in elementary school reading program.s

Brandon Hall's campaign for State Board of Education Member is his first run for public office.

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Hunter is originally from Grand Prairie, Texas. He graduated from James Martin High School and earned his associate degree in library technology from Tarrant County College. Hunter currently lives in Arlington, Texas.

Hunter is currently a student University of Texas at Arlington pursuing a bachelor's degree in history.

Hunter Crow previously ran for the Arlington Independent School District Board of Trustees in 2023 and in 2018, Texas Railroad Commission in 2022, Arlington City Council District 7 in 2020, and Tarrant County College Board of Trustees in 2019, but did not win.

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Supports requiring Independent Schools Districts to include environmental education in their curriculum and encourages home educators to integrate knowledge of the natural environment into their teaching.

Supports new educational entitlements that allow students to learn about food and gain experience in growing food plants.

Supports continuing and expanding bilingual education.

Supports expanding bilingual education by requiring all students to be taught a 2nd or 3rd language, beginning in 1st grade.

Supports non-classroom learning and the use of nonprofessional teachers.

Opposes using standardized tests for grade advancement, graduation, or teacher pay, and believes averaged scores are not useful for comparing schools.

Supports a comprehensive curriculum that includes languages, arts, sciences, critical thinking, citizenship, and social movement history.

Supports integrating nonintellectual skills such as interpersonal relations, dealing with emotions, nonviolent conflict resolution, environmental appreciation, vocational training, and the "arts of democracy" in school curricula.

Supports encouraging independent school districts to involve children in growing, preparing, and cooking food.

- Supports requiring Independent Schools Districts to include environmental education in their curriculum and encourages home educators to integrate knowledge of the natural environment into their teaching.
- Supports new educational entitlements that allow students to learn about food and gain experience in growing food plants.
- Supports expanding bilingual education by requiring all students to be taught a 2nd or 3rd language, beginning in 1st grade.
- Supports non-classroom learning and the use of nonprofessional teachers.
- Opposes using standardized tests for grade advancement, graduation, or teacher pay, and believes averaged scores are not useful for comparing schools.
- Supports a comprehensive curriculum that includes languages, arts, sciences, critical thinking, citizenship, and social movement history.
- Supports integrating nonintellectual skills such as interpersonal relations, dealing with emotions, nonviolent conflict resolution, environmental appreciation, vocational training, and the "arts of democracy" in school curricula.
- Supports encouraging independent school districts to involve children in growing, preparing, and cooking food.

Plans to adapt school outdoor areas to safely attract wildlife.

Believes Independent School Districts should become sustainable institutions and involve students in developing and managing sustainability programs and audits.

Supports twinning every public school in Texas with a farm and providing financial support for adaptations and insurance.

Supports connecting every public school in Texas with a farm and providing financial support for adaptations and insurance.

Believes the state should substantially increase funding for local education.

- Plans to adapt school outdoor areas to safely attract wildlife.
- Believes Independent School Districts should become sustainable institutions and involve students in developing and managing sustainability programs and audits.
- Supports connecting every public school in Texas with a farm and providing financial support for adaptations and insurance.
- Believes the state should substantially increase funding for local education.

Supports regular health checks in schools and the return of school nurses.

Supports regular health checks in schools and the return of school nurses trained to work alongside teachers.

Supports providing free balanced nutritious lunches for all children, catering to vegetarian, vegan, and religious dietary needs, and ensuring vending machines offer only healthy snacks.

Supports strong anti-bullying policies in Texas public schools, acknowledging the vulnerabilities of children from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTIQA+ and those with learning disabilities.

Supports monitoring Independent School Districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with Title IX regulations against discrimination and bullying.

- Supports regular health checks in schools and the return of school nurses trained to work alongside teachers.
- Supports providing free balanced nutritious lunches for all children, catering to vegetarian, vegan, and religious dietary needs, and ensuring vending machines offer only healthy snacks.
- Supports strong anti-bullying policies in Texas public schools, acknowledging the vulnerabilities of children from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTIQA+ and those with learning disabilities.
- Supports monitoring Independent School Districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with Title IX regulations against discrimination and bullying.

Supports providing teachers with professional status, fully funded health insurance, and salaries comparable to other professions requiring advanced education, training, and responsibility.

Supports teachers' unions having the right to strike.

Supports regular professional development days for teachers from minority or under-represented groups.

Believes in encouraging state and local school boards to provide more programmatic support and to make decisions at the grassroots level of teachers and principals.

- Supports providing teachers with professional status, fully funded health insurance, and salaries comparable to other professions requiring advanced education, training, and responsibility.
- Supports teachers' unions having the right to strike.
- Supports regular professional development days for teachers from minority or under-represented groups.
- Believes in encouraging state and local school boards to provide more programmatic support and to make decisions at the grassroots level of teachers and principals.

Supports eliminating tuition and student fees at Texas public colleges and universities for Texas high school graduates.

Aims to establish Cross School District liaison teams that will work to remove barriers to participation.

Supports introducing a requirement to monitor achievement in minority and under-represented groups to improve opportunities and remove participation barriers.

Opposes school vouchers, believing public funding should serve public schools.

Opposes school vouchers, stating that "public funding must serve public schools."

Supports conducting audits of independent school districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with disability legislation and providing funding to address any issues.

Believes education is essential for a democracy and that children's education quality should not depend on their parents' or community's wealth.

Believes children's education quality should not depend on their parents' or community's wealth.

- Supports eliminating tuition and student fees at Texas public colleges and universities for Texas high school graduates.
- Aims to establish Cross School District liaison teams that will work to remove barriers to participation.
- Supports introducing a requirement to monitor achievement in minority and under-represented groups to improve opportunities and remove participation barriers.
- Opposes school vouchers, stating that "public funding must serve public schools."
- Supports conducting audits of independent school districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with disability legislation and providing funding to address any issues.
- Believes children's education quality should not depend on their parents' or community's wealth.

Hunter Crow

Hunter is originally from Grand Prairie, Texas. He graduated from James Martin High School. Hunter serves on the elections supervisory board of the University of Texas Arlington Student Government Association and volunteers in the community as a Texas notary public. He lives in Arlington, Texas.

As of September 15, 2024, Hunter Crow’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Hunter Crow previously ran for the Arlington Independent School District Board of Trustees in 2023 and in 2018, Texas Railroad Commission in 2022, Arlington City Council District 7 in 2020, and Tarrant County College Board of Trustees in 2019, but he did not win.

- Plans to adapt school outdoor areas to safely attract wildlife.
- Believes Independent School Districts should become sustainable institutions and involve students in developing and managing sustainability programs and audits.
- Supports twinning every public school in Texas with a farm and providing financial support for adaptations and insurance.

- Supports regular health checks in schools and the return of school nurses trained to work alongside teachers.
- Supports providing free balanced nutritious lunches for all children, catering to vegetarian, vegan, and religious dietary needs, and ensuring vending machines offer only healthy snacks.
- Believes schools and teachers will continue to have a duty of care towards young people.
- Supports strong anti-bullying policies in Texas public schools, acknowledging the vulnerabilities of children from diverse backgrounds, including LGBTIQA+ and those with learning disabilities.
- Supports monitoring Independent School Districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with Title IX regulations against discrimination and bullying.

- Supports eliminating tuition and student fees at Texas public colleges and universities for Texas high school graduates.
- Believes the state should substantially increase funding for local education.
- Aims to establish Cross School District liaison teams that will work to remove barriers to participation.
- Supports introducing a requirement to monitor achievement in minority and under-represented groups to improve opportunities and remove participation barriers.
- Opposes school vouchers, believing public funding should serve public schools.
- Supports conducting audits of independent school districts and charter schools to ensure compliance with disability legislation and providing funding to address any issues.
- Believes education is essential for a democracy and that children's education quality should not depend on their parents' or community's wealth.

Hunter Crow was born on February 20, 1995, in Grand Prairie, Texas. He graduated from James Martin High School in Arlington ISD in 2014. He currently resides in the 11th SBOE district.

Hunter Crow currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Green Party of Texas and is commissioned by the state of Texas as a Notary Public. He previously served on the Tarrant County College South Campus Student Government Association as Senate Chair and Senator At Large.

Hunter Crow previously served on the Tarrant County College South Campus Student Government Association for three years and held positions as Senate Chair and Senator At Large. He is currently the Co-Chair of the Green Party of Texas and serves on multiple Green Party committees, including the GPUS Bylaws, Rules, Policies and Procedures Committee, GPUS Accreditation Committee, GPUS Credentials Committee, and GPUS Outreach Committee. Crow was the 2022 Green Party Nominee for Texas Railroad Commission and has run for the Tarrant County College Board of Trustees, Arlington City Council, and Arlington ISD Board of Trustees.

Supports an experiential approach to learning that encourages inquiry and practical involvement in the living world.

Believes parents significantly influence personal development but supports adding this to the Texas Public Education Curriculum.

Believes students should be taught "the arts of democracy" and how to be politically involved in their communities.

Believes in encouraging flexibility in school day structure and teaching methods, saying "Teachers must bring the world into the classroom, and bring the classroom out into the community."

Believes music and arts, food security, outdoor access, and reconciliation are important areas to address in Texas public schools.

Believes that making education a national priority and spending large sums on education will help reduce class sizes, create special classes for youth with special needs, maintain and rebuild deteriorating school facilities, and modernize the curriculum.

Believes schools should prepare students for the future and sees opportunities to better support at-risk children and youth.

Believes addressing the "serious problems children bring with them to school" is essential and costly.

Believes in enhancing child well-being through leadership programs that focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Supports providing full and adequate creche (childcare) services for all staff and students.

Believes in community involvement and has served as a student representative and volunteer in various capacities.

Believes schools and teachers will continue to have a duty of care towards young people.

Believes Texas should remove legal restrictions that prevent teachers from fully engaging in political life.

Believes Independent School Districts should offer advice and guidance on content and delivery for both schools and home educators.

Believes principals are "essential people in effective educational institutions."

Supports breaking down barriers to education in post-K-12 settings.

Believes Texas public schools should focus on music and arts, food security, outdoor access, and reconciliation.

Believes providing essential education on good diets will improve behavior, quality of life, and learning.

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Rayna earned an associate degree from Tarrant County College, a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Texas Woman's University, and a master's degree in education from Lamar University.

Rayna currently works as a teacher development and student intervention specialist at Crowley Independent School District. She previously worked as a mathematics teacher at Dunbar High School in Fort Worth Independent School District.

Rayna Glasser's campaign for Texas Board of Education member in District 11 is her first run for public office.

Believes in providing a rigorous and relevant curriculum for all students and addressing COVID-induced learning gaps.

Advocates removing the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) End of Course (EOC) tests as a graduation requirement.

Believes in setting curriculum standards to prepare students for the global workforce.

- Believes in providing a rigorous and relevant curriculum for all students and addressing COVID-induced learning gaps.
- Advocates removing the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) End of Course (EOC) tests as a graduation requirement.
- Believes in setting curriculum standards to prepare students for the global workforce.

As of September 7, 2024, Rayna Glasser’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Believes COVID-19 has had a lasting negative impact on students.

- Believes COVID-19 has had a lasting negative impact on students.

Believes the teacher shortage is due teachers being asked to do "more and more with less and less."

- Believes the teacher shortage is due teachers being asked to do "more and more with less and less."

Opposes using public funds for private education.

Opposes voucher programs, which use public funds for private education.

Believes in providing mentorship to students for post-graduation preparation.

- Opposes voucher programs, which use public funds for private education.
- Believes in providing mentorship to students for post-graduation preparation.

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Rayna Glasser

Rayna has an associate degree from Tarrant County College, a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Texas Woman's University, and a master's degree in education from Lamar University.

Rayna Glasser is a single mom who raised her son while putting herself through college. She earned her Associate of Arts degree through Tarrant County College and her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Texas Woman's University. She completed her Master of Education in Teacher Leadership at Lamar University and is currently working towards her Principal Certification through Lamar University.

Rayna Glasser has been a classroom teacher for 17 years and currently teaches at Dunbar High School in Fort Worth ISD, where she serves as the Math Department Chair. She has also been involved in writing curriculum and assessments, leading professional development, and mentoring aspiring teachers through the University of Texas Arlington UTEACH program.

As of September 12, 2024, Rayna Glasser’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Has experience in writing curriculum and assessments and in textbook adoption for two different districts.

Has experience in writing curriculum and assessments and leading professional development for math content.

Believes the school curriculum should be adjusted to address learning gaps caused by the pandemic.

Supports serving on the Committee on Instruction to focus on curriculum, special education, and alternatives to social promotion.

Believes in establishing realistic standards and a comprehensive curriculum to advance students and help close learning gaps.

Believes school curriculum needs improvement, saying "the data shows we are still dealing with the fallout" from previous educational policies.

Believes the SBOE controls all curriculum in Texas public schools.

Believes Texas's influence as a large textbook market leads other states and school districts to adopt its curriculum.

Believes we need to "do better for our kids; for their future."

Believes that all parents want the best for their children.

Believes in supporting child well-being through community involvement and quality education.

Believes child wellbeing is crucial, saying "As a classroom teacher and parent, I see first-hand the challenges our students face every day."

Believes in the importance of teachers, saying "I have been a classroom teacher for 17 years."

Believes in actively participating in local education by serving as a math department chair, senior class sponsor, and member of the Site Based Decision Committee at Dunbar High School.

Mentors aspiring teachers through the University of Texas Arlington UTEACH program.

Supports providing access to education for all students.

Believes in providing access to education.

Believes all children deserve an equitable education.

Believes community involvement is crucial for improving children's education.

Believes in advocating for public education to improve access and quality.

As Senior Class Sponsor, ensures students meet graduation requirements and complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

Supports access to education and overseeing the Texas Permanent School Fund.

Supports appointing board members to military reservation and special school districts.

Plans to review and potentially veto the commissioner's proposed award of new charter schools.

Believes children "deserve an education" and that we aren't doing an adequate job of getting kids back on track.

Believes school and district leaders are "doing the best they can with limited resources and staff they have."

- Members of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) set statewide education policy, including approving graduation requirements, selecting textbooks and instructional materials, overseeing the state’s Permanent School Fund, and approving or vetoing charter school applications. 
- Board members participate in rule-making, review and adopt academic standards, and offer final approval on educator certification and other statewide education regulations. 
- SBOE members are elected from geographically defined “education districts.” Under normal circumstances, they serve staggered four-year terms.
- Serving on the board does not pay a salary, but members may be reimbursed for expenses incurred while doing board business.

Member of the board that governs the state's education system. 

Texas State Board of Education Member, District 11

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