School Accountability:Top-Down or Bottom-Up?

Who’s Serving Who? Controversy Swirls Around Education Foundations

In Texas, education foundations are supposed to support public school districts through fundraising, making donations, and offering other supportive services. However, as documented in a recent report, these foundations sometimes blur the line when it comes to their own operations and the districts they serve. In a few cases, troubling evidence shows that they’ve grown...

Forecasting the Future of the ERCOT Grid, Part 1: The Ongoing Winter Reliability Challenge

Forecasting the Future of the ERCOT Grid, Part 1: The Ongoing Winter Reliability Challenge Written By: Michael Reed and Brent Bennett, Ph.D. Download the full research paper here. Key Points While the operational performance of the ERCOT grid has improved since Winter Storm Uri in 2021, the increasing reliance of the grid on wind, solar,...

What Gets Measured, Gets Fixed

For the first time in years, Texas parents finally have access to the truth about how their schools are performing. After years of legal challenges and strategic delays by the very school districts that were being graded, the Texas Education Agency has released long-overdue school accountability ratings. This is more than just a policy update—it’s...