The Fourth of July sparked more than celebrations this past holiday weekend. Hot temperatures and drought conditions provided a combustible mix as fireworks ignited hundreds of wildfires across Texas. In North Texas, Fort Worth and Dallas fire departments extinguished nearly 500 brush and grass fires while Central Texas fire crews responded to about 150 fires,…
The 2021 – 2022 STAAR results are in, and our main takeaway is Texas surpassed its pre-pandemic reading scores, but still has work to do in mathematics. In this blog, we’ll breakdown those scores and talk through what they mean for state policymakers in the coming session. While there is some good news overall, we…
On June 22, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission approved recommendations for the Texas Water Development Board to better plan for more severe droughts, establish meaningful budget metrics and incorporate stronger data for outreach efforts. This comes after Texas 2036 submitted ideas for the Commission to consider as they work to improve the Water Development Board’s…
The Tennessee Department of Education recently released its state assessment results and they’re worth paying attention to for Texas policymakers. Across the state, various groups have been calling for a suspension of the STAAR exam. The most frequent justification for the suspension, and the resulting halt in the state’s academic accountability system (known as the…
Record job levels in Texas is certainly cause to celebrate the state’s economic success. However, the state must also ensure we’re prepared to fill those jobs with qualified Texans in order to sustain these celebrations through our bicentennial and beyond. One way we do this: fully implement House Bill 3767, the Texas Education and Workforce…