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March 2022

More than 98% of Texas ISD's earn passing ratings for fiscal responsibility Nearly 99% of Texas ISDs earned passing ratings for fiscal...

February 2022

Texas's Class of 2020 HS Graduation Rate Reaches All-Time High 90.3%! Out of 384,600 students in the class of 2020, 90.3 percent...

The media obsession with ‘bad kids’

Think twice about those narrowly reported ‘student misbehavior’ stories. They can do a lot of unintended harm. By Cafeteria Duty If...

January 2022

Nearly 300 high schools in Texas had a 100% graduation rate, the highest in the country! Nearly 300 high schools in Texas had a 100%...

Texas Public Schools Remain Best Choice

In spite of political rhetoric to the contrary, public schools have never been more successful than they are today. Teeming with highly...

Texas's Class of 2020 High School Graduation Rate Reaches an All-Time High 90.3%

Out of 384,600 students in the class of 2020, 90.3 percent graduated within four years. An additional 3.9 percent of students in the...

Texas Ranks 2nd in the Nation in the Number of AP Examinees and the Number of AP Examinations Taken

Texas student participation in AP exams has increased 116% over a 10 year period! AP exam scores can earn college credit before setting...

Black 4th-grade Students in Texas Top National Math Scores

Black 4th-graders in Texas ranked 1st in math scores nationwide in 2019, according to the Nation's Report Card. With an average score of...