Simply increasing funding for the education system is clearly not the answer. Optimizing efficiency would enable the current finances to be utilized in the best possible manner, and would allow accurate estimations of what funding needs to be increased.
Overspending is what hinders Texas public education
Steve Allison, an outgoing Republican state lawmaker, ramped up the school funding debate earlier this month with a commentary in the Express-News, “Abbott duty bound to call special session on school funding” (June 9). Are Texas schools actually underfunded? Let’s look at the reality. Texas taxpayers give enormous amounts of money to public schools. According to...