For the 2008-09 school year, 40,813 Texas school children were on waiting lists to be accepted into charter schools. This figure is more than double last year’s total and demonstrates strong demand for charter schools in Texas.
Texas should embrace educational open enrollment
2025 was a dramatic year for school choice in Texas. But educational reform doesn’t stop here. The Legislature passed the state’s first private school choice program — a nearly-universal education savings account that will enable at least 100,000 Texas families to use public funds for higher education expenses, tutoring, testing services, educational therapies, online courses, textbooks, school...