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?
Family
Toward an Office of Parental Rights in Texas: A Legal-Political-Historical Approach to the Protection of the Fundamental Rights and Duties of Parents
Toward an Office of Parental Rights in Texas: A Legal-Political-Historical Approach to the Protection of the Fundamental Rights and Duties of Parents Key points: Changing legal images of the family, constitutional disputes, and state overreach threaten parental rights as a broad, actionable claim of parents over the direction of their child’s life. The Due Process Clause...
September 2, 2026