For more than 30 years, Texans have tried to repair a broken education system. To finally fix it, Dr. Terry Moe suggests encouraging school choice, promoting online learning, eliminating inefficient labor laws, and reducing teacher unions’ power.
The Truth About Texas Education Funding
A recent story in the Houston Chronicle misleads readers about Texas education funding. Let’s set the record straight. School choice doesn’t take a single dollar from public schools. The Texas Education Freedom Accounts program, or TEFA, was funded completely separately through an appropriation from General Revenue. Public school funding is at an all-time high of...