This report takes a look at the current state of Texas’ institutions of higher education and makes recommendations on how to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness by putting free market solutions in place that provide greater outcomes for the ultimate customers-students.
Higher Education
Who Teaches the Teachers?
Every state requires public school teachers to be “certified,” and most of that certification runs through a university school of education. New research by TPPF’s Kate Bierly asks a simple question: is that credential actually worth anything? The answer, backed by decades of data, is no. Teacher training used to happen in “normal schools.” The practical, two-year...
July 23, 2026