Countering The Culture Wars Panel Storms SXSW
Amid a charged moment in education, where conflicts sparked in Texas, Tennessee, and Florida are now rippling across the nation, a panel of esteemed...
Texas Senate Considers Public School Finance, Past, Present, and Future
During the Senate Finance Committee’s first budget hearing for public education of the new legislative session Monday, committee members openly discussed the possibility of...
What Will Graduations in Texas Be Like This Year?
It won’t be what everyone is used to, but there will be pomp and circumstance in Texas this year after all.
Up until now, only...
Texas House panel advances school finance bill but removes merit pay provision
The Texas House Public Education Committee unanimously signed off on a comprehensive $9 billion school finance and property tax reform bill Tuesday — but...
Talarico Challenges Commissioner Morath on Religious Indoctrination in Public Schools in House Hearing
In a House Public Education hearing on Monday, Rep. James Talarico repeatedly challenged Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath regarding content in public school curricula...
Is Collin College Violating The First Amendment?
There is a war in Texas over academic freedom and Collin College has become one of its primary battlefields. Its weapon of choice? Censorship...
School Choice Bill Offers Rural Districts $10,000/Student Bribe
A new version of Senate Bill 8, also known as the Parental Bill of Rights, was unveiled during the Texas Senate Education Committee hearing...
Report Illustrates Complex System of State’s Early Childhood Revenue Sources
Though early education funding was a top priority for the Texas Legislature in 2019— especially after the loss of supplemental and grant funding for pre-K programs in
“Teach The Truth”: Book-Ban Protest Takes Place At Capitol Rotunda
On Tuesday morning a group of about 50 teachers, schoolchildren and advocates gathered in the Capitol Rotunda to call on the state’s political leaders...
Joan Huffman votes to take funding away from public schools
Establishment politicians like Joan Huffman want us to believe – a few weeks before the election – they are finally concerned about the public education funding crisis. Austin politicians like Huffman aren't telling you they created this crisis.
