Texas Public Policy Foundation
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TPPF is a non-profit, non-partisan research institute dedicated to liberty, free enterprise, & personal responsibility. #txlege
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Texas ISDs have $236 BILLION in bond debt and the Education Cartel keeps pushing bonds for everything from buying a superintendent’s house with 5 acres, a swimming pool & horse barn to $94 MILLION high school football stadiums. You’re crushed by their greed and students are failed by their priorities. #txlege
Texas Public Policy Foundation12,305 views • 4 days ago
The Texas State Board of Education will finalize the new social studies curriculum at a special meeting on Feb. 25. The proposed framework preserves the full chronological structure of how our nation's freedom was built rather than hand-picked ideological fragments.
Texas Public Policy Foundation168,221 views • 6 months ago
Texas school districts spend recklessly, misallocating vast resources meant for public education. The Heist is a massive transfer of billions of dollars from taxpayers into a machine that maintains, grows and protects a system designed to ensure taxes always go up, the money always comes in, and there’s no accountability for how it’s spent. As long as nothing changes, education costs - and your taxes - will keep rising—without ever benefiting students, teachers, or the future of Texas.
Texas Public Policy Foundation312,455 views • 1 year ago
Royal ISD has a D rating from the TEA and only 29% of students are reading and doing math at grade level. Yet, with only 3% of voters participating, they passed a $72 million bond for a new stadium, effectively making it the second most expensive stadium in Texas. #txlege
Texas Public Policy Foundation32,039 views • 1 month ago
Evidence suggests illegal immigrant students face challenges way beyond language barriers, including higher absenteeism, mobility, interrupted schooling, and greater educational needs. Texas has built one of the nation's most robust school accountability systems in the nation, and its A-F ratings rely on accurate demographic data. But federal policy currently prevents states from collecting the illegal immigration status of K-12 students. States are asked to address complex challenges while remaining blind to a key factor influencing outcomes. TPPF's Mandy Drogin testified before Congress in March about the harms of the Supreme Court's Plyler v. Doe decision, as well as the Obama administration's 2011 Dear Colleague letter, which prevent states from collecting this data. Congress should require the DoE and DoJ to issue new guidance clarifying the 2011 Dear Colleague letter, and pass legislation allowing states to collect immigration status, both legal and illegal.
Texas Public Policy Foundation11,474 views • 1 month ago
