If the 83rd Texas Legislature’s work on education policy could be distilled to two words, those would probably be “missed opportunities.” We begin our recap of the session that was – and wasn’t – with TPPF education policy analyst James Golsan.
K-12 Education
Connecting History to Students’ Daily Lives
Right now, the only world history most Texas students receive in elementary and middle school happens in sixth grade World Cultures—and even then, it is limited. Students may briefly learn about the origin of certain holidays or study Ancient Greece as the birthplace of democracy. But too often, that is where the story ends. What...
February 25, 2026