If the 83rd Texas Legislature’s work on education policy could be distilled to two words, those would probably be “missed opportunities.” We begin our recap of the session that was – and wasn’t – with TPPF education policy analyst James Golsan.
K-12 Education
Noisy Illiteracy
Kids can’t read. I’m not kidding, the latest viral story from The New York Times proves this. The possible cause of the national literacy decline: Is it No Child Left Behind? How about increased classroom screen time? Maybe pandemic-era school closures? Ultimately, the article declined to say that there is a “single reason for the...
May 19, 2026