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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...

Friends of Texas Public Schools Announces Addition of New Board Members

Friends of Texas Public Schools (Friends), a nonprofit, grassroots organization shining a light on all that's right with Texas public...

April 2022

Black students in Texas top national 4th-grade math scores Black 4th-graders in Texas ranked 1st in math scores nationwide in 2019, ...