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Texas Public Schools Rank 1st in Enrollment Growth

Texas ranks 1st in enrollment growth with a remarkable increase of 596,800 students from 2012 to 2023! This enrollment surge underscores...

May 2023

Read the May e-newsletter here. Texas Leads The Nation In STEM Education...

April 2023

Read the April e-newsletter here. Texas ISDs Outperform Charter Schools on STAAR® Test in Every Subject...

A West Texas Community Celebrates Significant Improvement within Their ISD

Education in Pecos-Barstow-Toyah ISD, just west of the Pecos and home to the world's first rodeo, has been a proverbial bull ride...

Texas Graduation Rates Are Worth Celebrating

Texas public schools are doing better than 92% of the states in the nation in graduation rates, ranking 4th overall! Why is it so...

Lax laws lead to a slew of shady finance dealings for Texas charter schools

In this recent article from the Houston Chronicle, an analysis by Hearst Newspapers is cited for having found cases in which charter...

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...

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...

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...