The Foundation’s Chief Economist, Byron Schlomach, Ph.D., will be Jon-David Wells’ guest at 4:35 p.m. tomorrow to talk about the end of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund tax. Gov. Rick Perry signed HB 735 last Friday, which will end this tax in September 2008 and save Texas consumers $210 million a year. Jon-David Wells’ show is on KLIF AM 570 in Dallas/Fort Worth, and people outside the Metroplex can listen online at www.klif.com.
Amarillo teachers make the most of high-quality instructional materials
At Eastridge Elementary School, Principal Genie Baca’s teachers have enough challenges. Their students are mostly refugees, recent immigrants from countries such as Somalia, Yemen, Vietnam and Burma, among many others. The parents are often shift workers at local meatpacking or poultry processing facilities, meaning that no one’s home to ensure the children are fed and...