A new poll from Texas Southern’s Barbara Jordan Public Policy Research and Survey Center confirms for the bazillionth time that Texans support giving all parents access to an education savings account that will help them pay for private school and other educational expenses. A majority of nearly every demographic approves of ESAs. The only demo...
School choice hasn’t won yet but it’s in the lead. This morning, Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows announced the filing of House Bill 3 to create education savings accounts. It’s the companion bill to Senate Bill 2 which has already been voted out of the Senate. “House Bill 3 is historic and it provides...
After last year’s primary elections resulted in a clear and convincing win for parental empowerment, my colleague Sherry Sylvester warned, “the fight is gonna get worse before it gets better.” She was right. The opponents of school have spent recent weeks lobbing absurd accusations and spreading shameful misinformation about the proposal, known as SB2, to...
According to a new survey conducted by WPA Intelligence for TPPF, the vast majority of Texans have no idea what charity care is or that it could be an important solution to providing health care for low-income patients. Every non-profit hospital is required by Section 501 (r) of the federal tax code to set forth...
“We have school choice in Texas. If you don’t like your public school, you can go to private school or homeschool.” That’s a familiar refrain from opponents of creating school choice programs, like vouchers or education savings accounts. They are, of course, technically correct because those are legal alternatives to sending kids to public school....
“To restore the soul and to secure the future of America – requires more than words. It requires that most elusive of things in a democracy: Unity. Unity.” President Biden would go on to use the word unity or versions of it a dozen more times in his 2021 inaugural speech, making it the central...
“Texas: It’s like a whole ‘nother country” was the slogan of a tourism campaign when I was growing up. In means that, despite our allegiance to the United States of America and our shared foundational values, there’s something about the place we call home that helps us stand apart. Over the years, trying to figure...
As we ready for the start of the 89th Texas Legislature, one issue that have been circling the Capitol for several years is whether to expand casino gambling in Texas. Members have filed various bills over the years to test the waters, but there’s been very little movement so far. One thing that seems lacking...
What a difference 8 years makes. Donald Trump has announced his cabinet nominations and senior staff at breakneck speed, revealing more than 50 picks in the first month since the election. Despite a small stumble, Trump rolled out his team of reformers to perfection. Perhaps the onslaught has prevented the media from attempting to pick...
Yesterday, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor dismissed the horrific and permanently life-altering harmful results of transgender medical procedures on minors by comparing them to the side effects of taking aspirin. “Every medical treatment has a risk, even taking aspirin. There’s always going to be a percentage of the population under any medical treatment that’s going to suffer...
Now that we’re past the election, it’s time to start thinking about the 89th Legislative Session, which starts exactly two months from today. Tuesday marked the first day members could start filing legislation, so in honor, here are a few of the top issues you’ll see making news next year: Universal Education Savings Accounts (School...
In the final Gallup poll taken just before the election, 72% of Americans said they were dissatisfied with the way things were going in the U.S. That incredibly high number was actually the lowest it had been in the last two years, having mostly been measured in the high 70s and low 80s over that...