Good School Choice vs Bad School Choice; Texas the Heart of Education Reform
I have a question for all elected officials, on both sides of the political aisle- Are you for Jeb Bush’s ExcelinEd and Obama’s yellow scarves School Choice Week?
I have a question for all elected officials, on both sides of the political aisle- Are you for Jeb Bush’s ExcelinEd and Obama’s yellow scarves School Choice Week?
It looks like what former George W Bush’s Communications Director, Karen Hughes started is really paying off. The Gulen affiliated Harmony Charter Schools doubled their guaranteed bonding capacity to $645.3 million in 2017? Guaranteed by the TX Permanent School Fund (PSF).
The Amendment Touted by Senator Ted Cruz and His Supporters, Ostensibly to “Help” Parents by Giving Them a “Tax Break” for Homeschooling Their Children, is UnConstitutional and Should Not Become Law. NATIONAL HOME EDUCATION LEGAL DEFENSE, LLC Attorney Deborah G. Stevenson 12.5.2017 Senator Cruz, and those who urged him to do this, such as […]
Superintendents of Texas, let us draw a line in the sand and tell the Commissioner of Education Mike Morath, NO, NOT ON MY WATCH!
By Alice Linahan 11.16.2017 The current threat comes in the form of two particular pieces of legislation: The Foundations for Evidence-Based Policy-making Act (FEPA), or H.R. 4174 (Passed the House by a voice vote), SB. 2046 and the College Transparency Act (CTA), or H.R. 2434, SB 1121. Among other policies, these two bills would remove prohibitions on collecting […]
We’ve got two sides who want power and control over our children and who profit off our children and their teacher’s private personal data, mined in Texas classrooms.
By Alice Linahan 10.16.2017 This week, on Facebook I posted an article featuring the Editor-in-Chief of Breitbart-Texas, Brandon Darby, along with the comment, “Brandon Darby gets it!! This article made my day!” Let me give you an excerpt from the article, then I will explain. I encourage you to click the photo above and read […]
My question for all those Republicans out fighting for the privacy of our children in bathrooms across Texas.
What about the fact that our children’s privacy is being completely violated in Texas classroom.
The subject of school failure has been back in the news. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath visited with officials from Houston ISD over the state of some of the low-performing schools within the district.
As parents, are you okay with the schools assessing mental health and behavioral competency on your children? Or, do you expect that when you send your child off to school, they are actually learning to read, write, do math well and know history? So, they have an equal opportunity at success at life.
