The inefficiencies in the education system promise to yield significant savings to help budget writers balance the budget within available revenue. But the savings cannot be achieved unless the state, school districts, and institutions of higher education are willing to radically change the ways they do business.
K-12 Education
What The Atlantic Gets Right — And Wrong — About The Mississippi ‘Miracle’
The highly publicized “Mississippi Miracle” — the implementation of teacher training, literacy coaches, and grade retention for struggling students that skyrocketed the state’s ranking from 49th in 2013 to nineth in 2024 — has created a well-earned outpouring of praise. Here at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, we have taken notice. In fact, the Lone...
April 15, 2026