Blog | Friends of Texas Public Schools

January 2023

An open letter to the 181 members of the Texas Legislature: Despite political rhetoric to the contrary, public schools have never been...

December 2022

TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS EARN TOP RATINGS FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY Despite political rhetoric to the contrary, public schools have never...

Texas school districts earn top ratings for fiscal responsibility

The state of Texas admits through its rating system that educators are good stewards of tax dollars!

November 2022

TEXAS STUDENTS PERFORMED BETTER IN FOURTH-GRADE MATH THAN THE NATIONAL AVERAGE AND EXCEPTIONALLY WELL COMPARED TO THEIR PEERS The 2022...

Texas’s NAEP results show that students in the Lone Star State have shown more progress than most

The 2022 Nation's Report Card is great news for Texas math scores

October 2022

74% of Texas Public School campuses achieved an A or B rating, despite COVID-19 challenges. In the first rankings to be issued since 2019...

74% of Texas Public School Campuses Achieve an A or B Rating, Despite COVID-19 Challenges

The TEA 2022 Accountability Ratings show that 74% of Texas Public School campuses received an A or B rating, despite COVID-19 challenges

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...