Tens of thousands of Texas students as young as 10 receive tickets for Class C misdemeanors in school, most commonly for disrupting class, which is broadly defined in the Education Code to include such ordinary misbehavior as “emitting noise of an intensity that prevents or hinders classroom instruction.”
K-12 Education
What The Atlantic Gets Right — And Wrong — About The Mississippi ‘Miracle’
The highly publicized “Mississippi Miracle” — the implementation of teacher training, literacy coaches, and grade retention for struggling students that skyrocketed the state’s ranking from 49th in 2013 to nineth in 2024 — has created a well-earned outpouring of praise. Here at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, we have taken notice. In fact, the Lone...
April 15, 2026