This study reflects three areas in the Texas public school system that demonstrate the greatest source of inefficiency: the large amount of money spent on nonclassroom activities and administrative personnel, our fragmented school system with too many districts for the number of students and the amount of regulation by state government.
Higher Education
Who Teaches the Teachers?
Every state requires public school teachers to be “certified,” and most of that certification runs through a university school of education. New research by TPPF’s Kate Bierly asks a simple question: is that credential actually worth anything? The answer, backed by decades of data, is no. Teacher training used to happen in “normal schools.” The practical, two-year...
July 23, 2026