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The Texas Education Agency has released end-of-course STAAR results, which have received mixed responses as multiple changes were made to the exam. The Texas Education Agency has released the scores of its end-of-year Standard Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test, and they have been met with a range of reactions. Some tout the results… Continue reading Texas Education Agency Releases End of Year STAAR Test Results to Mixed Reactions

The governor is expected to call a special session this fall to consider education savings accounts and other public education issues. With a property tax relief compromise wrapped up, state lawmakers are preparing for a promised special session later this year to take up public education funding, accountability, and long-thwarted proposals for Texas school choice options. Over… Continue reading Texas House Hearing Serves as Precursor to Upcoming Special Session on School Choice

By JAY P. GREENE Past efforts at expanding educational freedom have fallen short in the Lone Star State. Here’s why this legislative session might be different. Texas policy-makers have repeatedly tried and failed to expand school choice within their state, but this upcoming legislative session will be different. In the past, the key obstacle to passing… Continue reading National Review: School Choice Is Poised for Another Victory in Texas

by Corey DeAngelis Even Democrats are adapting to new political realities. There may not have been a red wave or a blue wave, but there was a nationwide school-choice wave. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was the biggest victory of the night for parents. In 2018 William Mattox of the James Madison Institute argued in these pages that “unexpected support from minority… Continue reading WSJ: The School-Choice Election Wave

The greatest moral urgency in K12 education today is the public health catastrophe of adolescence. While here I will focus on the shocking negative outcomes of our current system, the real goal is to shift to an educational system that will reliably produce confident, capable, resilient young people who can succeed in the 21st century… Continue reading Educational Choice as a Life or Death Matter

As the gubernatorial election heats up, school choice continues to be a hot-topic issue among voters. As the gubernatorial race heads into the final stretch and the Texas GOP has made school choice a legislative priority, Texas voters have made it clear that they support parental rights in education. According to a September poll from Dallas Morning News and… Continue reading Abbott and O’Rourke Clash on School Choice

“We intend to teach queer youth sex ed and give them the tools to go out into the world and educate others and advocate for themselves.” As school districts across the state come under fire for indoctrinating students with transgender theory and divisive racial policies, Lewisville Independent School District, located near Dallas, is promoting “Queer Sex Ed” to… Continue reading North Texas School District Promotes LGBT Group Offering ‘Queer Sex Ed’ Lessons

Latino children deserve better. Just look at the numbers. Too many Hispanic students drop out of the K-12 education system each year, more than any other ethnic group in the United States. Add the learning loss suffered as a result of pandemic policies, and it’s clear we’re sitting on a crisis.

School choice advocates positioning for voucher push in upcoming legislative session.