Texas public schools lost more than 76,000 students during the 2025–26 school year, marking the second-largest single-year enrollment decline in modern state history and largest outside the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released Monday by Texas 2036. The report, “Texas Public School Enrollment Trends,” comes as the Texas House Public Education Committee prepares…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter launching the 10th episode of our Future of Texas podcast with our guest, Tracee Bentley, on the future of energy in Texas. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Episode 10: The Future of Energy (Left to right) Host Brad Swail talks…
Last month the Texas Water Development Board published the draft 2027 State Water Plan. This is the sixth state water plan since Senate Bill 1 inaugurated the current planning process in 1997. The draft 2027 plan, like each plan published every five years since 2002, reflects the input from the “bottom-up,” regional water planning process. …
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter launching the ninth episode of our Future of Texas podcast with our guest, Avik Roy, on the future of healthcare in Texas. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Episode 9: The Future of Healthcare (Left to right) Host Brad Swail talks…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter launching the eighth episode of our Future of Texas podcast with our guest, Glenn Hegar, on the future of higher ed in Texas. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Episode 8: The Future of Higher Education (Left to right) Host Brad…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter launching the seventh episode of our Future of Texas podcast with our guest, Pablo Vegas, on the future of electricity and the Texas grid. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Episode 7: The Future of Electricity in Texas (Left to right)…