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Friends of Texas Public Schools Announces 2022 Award Honorees

Friends of Texas Public Schools, a nonprofit, grassroots organization shining a light on all that is right with Texas public schools, is...

The 10-year graduation rate shows year-over-year gains, ranking Texas 3rd nationally

According to the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the four-year public high school graduation rates in Texas have been trending upward for...

September 2022

Texas 10-year graduation trend shows year-over-year gains, ranking Texas 3rd nationally

Texans’ Attitudes Toward Public Education Shows Public School Parents Hold Teachers in High Regard

The 2022 Charles Butt Foundation Poll on Texans’ attitudes toward Public Education shows, once again, that public school parents hold...

Setting the Record Straight on Charter Schools

Basis Texas charter school promoted the academic record of its Shavano campus in San Antonio during testimony to House Public Education...

August 2022

Texans’ attitudes toward Public Education show public school parents hold their schools and teacher and system in high regard. The 2022...

Abbott is Pro-Vouchers, The Rest Of Texas? Not So Much

According to this recent post from Reform Austin, Gov. Greg Abbott has started a war over private school vouchers and is on the wrong...

May 2022

TEXAS GRADUATION RATES CONTINUE TO CLIMB! According to the Texas Education Agency (TEA), Texas, four-year public high school graduation...