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Texas Public Schools: Achieving More with Less!

Texas public schools are achieving encouraging results with significantly lower funding compared to counterparts like New York.

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...