African-American Students: Texas Public School Facts

February 9, 2002

Education Schools: Low Standards, High Indoctrination, Zero Results

Cover photo: FBI photo of Bill Ayers during his time as a leader of the Weather Underground. Ayers, who participated in bombings targeting government buildings, later became a prominent education professor and Vice President of Curriculum Studies for the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Education Schools: Low Standards, High Indoctrination, Zero Results Modern education schools...

July 20, 2026

Taxes & Spending

Just the Facts: Local Government Spending

Despite billions in property tax relief provided by recent state legislatures, Texans’ property tax bills continue to increase due to unrestricted spending at the local level. Key points: City and county government spending continues to outstrip increases in both population and inflation. While the state government has constitutional and statutory spending limits, local governments do...

August 10, 2026

K-12 Education

Keep Wokeness Out of Texas Financial Literacy Courses

As the Texas State Board of Education prepares to approve standards for the new required Personal Financial Literacy course, the California nonprofit that pushed the course, Next Gen Personal Finance, has been outed as promoting instructional materials that advance racial grievance, in addition to taking an overall shallow approach to financial literacy. The State Board...

August 10, 2026

Related content

Education Schools: Low Standards, High Indoctrination, Zero Results

Just the Facts: Local Government Spending

Keep Wokeness Out of Texas Financial Literacy Courses