Growing up in abject poverty in the inter-city of Ft. Worth, Texas, during hard economic times and now serving as a president of a charter school in a predominantly low-income region of the country, Kyev Tatum knows firsthand the importance of educational choice for all children.
K-12 Education
High Demand Shows Texas Families Want More Educational Freedom
The rollout of Texas’ Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) has already become a major success. When state officials opened applications on February 4, demand poured in at an unprecedented rate, with tens of thousands of families rushing to apply. Early figures show the scale of that demand. Within just hours of launch, more than 20,000 applications...
February 12, 2026