The 2013 Texas Legislature will be under pressure to reform the state’s public education system with an eye toward improving efficiency. Personnel and staffing structures have long been sources of inefficiency in Texas’ public schools.
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