This report focuses on post-secondary readiness in Texas and considers the following important questions: Should post-secondary readiness be the goal for every public school student? How does Texas measure up to that goal? What steps have been taken to ensure post-secondary readiness, and what steps remain to be taken?
K-12 Education
High Demand Shows Texas Families Want More Educational Freedom
The rollout of Texas’ Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) has already become a major success. When state officials opened applications on February 4, demand poured in at an unprecedented rate, with tens of thousands of families rushing to apply. Early figures show the scale of that demand. Within just hours of launch, more than 20,000 applications...
February 12, 2026