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.
Higher Education
A Double “Return” on Education
From across the political spectrum, voters rural and urban and suburban, everyone I talk to has a theory about what has gone so wrong with American education. From cellphones to laptops, the culture wars and the pandemic, teacher pay and teacher burnout, weak discipline and bad curriculum to collapsing standards, there are no shortage of...
October 2, 2026