This brief examines the education reforms of the Special Session, concluding that the truest measure of effectiveness will be found in the degree to which they pave the way for even greater reforms in the 80th Session of the Legislature.
Amarillo teachers make the most of high-quality instructional materials
At Eastridge Elementary School, Principal Genie Baca’s teachers have enough challenges. Their students are mostly refugees, recent immigrants from countries such as Somalia, Yemen, Vietnam and Burma, among many others. The parents are often shift workers at local meatpacking or poultry processing facilities, meaning that no one’s home to ensure the children are fed and...