Texas lawmakers are pushing over 100 bills to increase criminal penalties, which could lead to overcrowding of jails and prisons, and strain law enforcement resources.
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Reading Should Be Fundamental, But…This is Texas
Texas students are struggling with reading scores, with only six states and the District of Columbia ranking lower than Texas’ 8th graders, and the gap analysis revealing similar results between 4th and 8th grade.
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Dark Money Ran Through Texas’s Runoffs and Probably Just Delivered Win for Private School Vouchers
Governor Greg Abbott of Texas has called for a special legislative session to focus on Education Savings Funds, which would allow parents to use public funds to pay for private school tuition, but critics argue that this would take funding away from public schools and potentially harm underfunded and underperforming schools.