Policy Coordinator
As the policy coordinator at Texas 2036, Tara provides project management support to all active policy projects as well as grant and fundraising coordination. Before joining Texas 2036, Tara was a high school physics and CTE teacher in the Austin area.
This is the final installment of a three-part series exploring Texas 2036’s new report, The Next Generation of the Texas Miracle. Over the past decade, Texas has aligned K-12 education, higher education, and workforce policy around a shared goal: preparing more Texans for family-sustaining careers. Sustaining that progress, however, depends on more than strong schools…
This is the second part of a series exploring Texas 2036’s new report, The Next Generation of the Texas Miracle. Preparing more students for success after high school is only one part of building a stronger education-to-workforce pipeline. Students also need postsecondary institutions that help them complete credentials with real value in the workforce. For…
This is the first installment of a three-part series exploring Texas 2036’s new report, The Next Generation of the Texas Miracle. Over the past decade, Texas has built one of the nation’s most comprehensive strategies for connecting education to careers. Rather than treating K-12 schools, college, and workforce as separate systems, state leaders have increasingly…