The following commentary is published on Thursdays as part of TPPF’s subscriber-only newsletter The Post. If you would like to subscribe to The Post, click here. The media and the left spend a lot of time criticizing Texas for the number of people in the state without health insurance. Texas has the highest percentage of uninsured...
The following commentary is published on Thursdays as part of TPPF’s subscriber-only newsletter The Post. If you would like to subscribe to The Post, click here. “We met with several of the Mexican consuls here in Dallas, as well as 11 Mexican consuls from across the state. In partnership, we will be putting together informational and...
The following commentary is published on Thursdays as part of TPPF’s subscriber-only newsletter The Post. If you would like to subscribe to The Post, click here. Tomorrow, the Texas House of Representatives will debate a universal school choice bill on the floor for the first time in its history. It’s an important moment that longtime supporters...
The following commentary is published on Thursdays as part of TPPF’s subscriber-only newsletter The Post. If you would like to subscribe to The Post, click here. Shortly before the end of the third special session, House Public Education Committee Chairman Brad Buckley released text of a proposal that has become the House version of the...
A new poll from UT/Texas Politics Project shows significant support for school choice among Texans. A clear majority, 51%, say they support “establishing a voucher, educational savings account (ESA), or other ‘school choice’ program in Texas,” while just 30% oppose and 19% had no opinion. The crosstabs reveal some other interesting data: 46% of rural...
The following commentary is published on Thursdays as part of TPPF’s subscriber-only newsletter The Post. If you would like to subscribe to The Post, click here. Several school districts have taken the ethically questionable step of using public resources to lobby against school choice. Plano ISD posted a one-sided piece on its website and the superintendent...
The following commentary is published on Thursdays as part of TPPF’s subscriber-only newsletter The Post. If you would like to subscribe to The Post, click here. Towards the end of President Trump’s term, he announced he would be withdrawing American troops from the Kurdish portion of northeast Syria. It was a controversial decision that was criticized...
The debate over what is arguably the most important issue of the legislative session is in full swing. The Senate Education Committee has debated a handful of bills that to varying degrees would give parents greater control over their child’s education. While each bill would be a dramatic improvement over the status quo, the key...
Another day, another high-ranking school official attacking parents – this time with racial overtones. In a recent House Public Education hearing, the vice president of the Pflugerville ISD school board suggested that parents of “black and brown kids” are manipulated into sending their children to charter schools. She did not reference white or Asian parents,...
I don’t know how widespread voter fraud was in the last two presidential elections. But I do know that vulnerabilities exist in our election system that allow both sides to sow legitimate doubts about the results. For the sake of our democracy, this needs to stop. Thankfully, the vast majority of Texans agree. The key...