Texas
U.S.
Rank
Deep in the Heart of Texas, educational opportunity has increasingly been loved. Great COVID response, school report cards are easy to find, charter growth and digital acceleration are all positive developments but leaders just need to have a Texas size attitude when it comes to giving parents their due.
Opportunity
Score:
82%
Grade:
B
Rank:
#9
An open, expansive charter school law has given thousands of kids great opportunities but this enormous state’s reliance on the Texas…
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Grade:
F
Rank:
#48
There are no choice programs in this state.
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Grade:
C
Rank:
#17
Elementary and secondary teacher preparation programs require prospective teachers to pass content knowledge tests; teacher effectiveness…
Innovation
Score:
Grade:
C
Rank:
#16
The Texas Education Agency has enacted legislation to accelerate digital learning growth in schools. The Enhancing Education Through Technology Act…
Texas responded quickly and efficiently in response to the COVID-19 crisis, guiding districts to be flexible and creative in their plans for remote…
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Policy Environment
Governor Gregg Abbott is a supporter of “maximum parental choice” in education. But the state’s repeated inability to adopt programs…
“The few interpretations of Texas’ Blaine Amendments and its Compelled Support Clause that exist do not prohibit providing aid to parents to enable…
Report cards can be found easily from the Texas Education Agency homepage by clicking Reports and Data, then School Performance. School report…