Mandy Drogin

Mandy Drogin is one of the top education reform leaders in Texas with experience managing grassroots, marketing, election and legislative campaigns. Prior to joining TPPF she was at the American Federation for Children for nearly eight years where she served as the State Director for the past three years and helped make important gains in Texas. She has a talent for organizing complex coalitions and factions, motivating people, understanding and communicating policy, image and branding, and running campaign teams.

K-12 Education

A Decade of Soft Power: How Foreign Adversaries Quietly Entered Texas’s Classrooms

Recent concerns surrounding a planned Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District (GCISD) event have ignited a broader and long-overdue conversation about who—and what—local officials and leaders are allowing into Texas public schools. The district recently acknowledged that Colleyville Heritage High School facilities were rented for the May 9–10 Dallas Islamic Games, an annual multi-age sports tournament organized...

January 28, 2026
Local Government

Diverting Taxpayer Dollars to Political Non-Profits is Much Worse Than You Think

In a recent investigation, the Austin American-Stateman revealed that Austin City Council member Ryan Alter has been inappropriately, and potentially illegally, transferring thousands of taxpayer dollars to advocacy organizations and other non-profits. “Organizations that have received taxpayer-funded donations from Alter’s office include nonprofits like Liberal Austin Democrats and Hispanic Advocates Business Leaders of Austin, or...

November 5, 2025
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