Intersect Ed

About Intersect Ed

Where the stories of Texas public education policy and practice meet.

Publisher

Raise Your Hand Texas

Category

business · government · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Jun 2020

Latest episode

18 Nov 2025

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   18 Nov 2025

   Legacy Education Fund: A Proposed, New Public Education Endowment in Texas

   In this episode, our panelists discuss the “Legacy Education Fund,” a new, proposed idea about a public education endowment that could move Texas beyond two-year budget cycles and establish a lasting investment in our public schools.

2. 

   8 Aug 2025

   Eliminating STAAR: What it Means for Texas Schools

   This episode of Intersect Ed discusses the sticking points regarding HB 4 in Texas’ 89th Regular Session, as well as what the special session item – “eliminating the STAAR test” – could mean for accountability in our state. Our Intersect Ed host, Morgan Smith, is joined by Amy Dodson, Dean of Advocacy for Raise Your Hand Texas, in a question-and-answer session focused on the differences between criterion-referenced tests and nationally norm-referenced tests.

3. 

   4 Jun 2025

   Recap of the 89th Texas Legislative Session: A Historic Session for Public Education

   Public education experts Jaden Edison, Scott Braddock, Edward McKinley, and Bob Popinski analyze the historic 89th Texas Legislative Session's impact on school funding, teacher raises, and voucher programs with host Morgan Smith in an interview.

Who has been a guest on Intersect Ed

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jaden Edison
• Scott Braddock
• Edward McKinley
• Bob Popinski
• Harry Feder

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

31 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 33 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

47

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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