The Teacher Retirement System (TRS) of Texas is a defined-benefit pension system that provides more than 1.5 million Texans a payout in retirement. TRS is six times larger than the next public pension plan in Texas. Texas must secure teachers’ retirement by ensuring TRS is actuarially sound, but, more importantly, by giving teachers control over their livelihood through structural reforms to TRS.
K-12 Education
Matthew McCormick’s Testimony to the Texas State Board of Education
When evaluating works for inclusion in the curriculum, only two factors should be considered: 1) the suitability and age-appropriateness of the work, and 2) its usefulness as a tool to teach literacy and literature. I am pleased to report that the Texas Education Agency has recommended a course of texts that achieves both of these...
January 29, 2026