Read the November e-newsletter here! Texas public schools continue to prove that strong fiscal stewardship and student-centered decision-making go hand-in-hand. The Texas Education Agency has released the 2024–2025 FIRST ratings (Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas), and the results tell a clear story...

Read the October e-newsletter here! Our mission has always been to celebrate and defend the people and institutions that make our communities strong, our neighborhood public schools, and the leaders who serve them.

Read the September e-newsletter here! When TEA released its latest A to F ratings, communities saw headlines about “failing schools” and “D-rated districts.”

Friends of Texas Public Schools is proud to announce our annual Friends of the Year Dinner, a celebration of the immense value public schools bring to our state’s 1,000+ public school districts.

The Texas Education Agency’s latest A–F school ratings made headlines about “failing schools,” but the story is more complex. While 1,337 campuses received D or F grades, 31% improved year over year and F-rated schools dropped by half. Families deserve context, not confusion, about what these grades really mean.

Read the August e-newsletter here! Texas has many reasons to be proud, one of them is the hard work happening every day in our public schools. The newest STAAR® Reading Language Arts (RLA) results are in and grades 3 through 8 are scoring higher than ever.

Read the May e-newsletter here! Texas public schools are reaching more students—and helping even more of them graduate.

A Call for Fairness in Texas Public Education Accountability