Chuck DeVore: Appreciation bonds allow school districts to build expensive school buildings, not raise taxes on current voters, and push the obligation to pay onto "future taxpayers" or taxpayers across Texas if they default.
Who Were Texas’ Highest Paid Superintendents in 2023-24?
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has just released some revealing new data on public school superintendent salaries—and the detail has already prompted a bit of minor outrage online. The dissatisfaction appears rooted in the fact that, despite lackluster student outcomes and a persistent affordability crisis, the top-end of the superintendent salary spectrum grew to astounding...