Regional Education Service Centers are tasked with supporting school districts, but offer limited transparency regarding their spending practices. They should be more accountable to the Texas Education Agency, and more transparent to parents and voters.
Social Studies TEKS Reform: The Story So Far
On April 7, the State Board of Education is set to give its final approval to new Social Studies Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), a much-needed reform to the standards that determine what educators teach. Here’s what you need to know: The current Social Studies TEKS are profoundly inadequate. The flaws of the K-8...