America can no longer rely on other countries to fill its gaps in math and science education; instead, the U.S.–and Texas in particular–must work to strengthen the math/science pipeline from elementary and secondary school, to higher education and to the workforce.
Meeting Texas Workforce Needs with ESAs
Texas is unique because of its unparalleled dedication to CTE training. Our state, alone, gives schools $3.2 billion as a CTE allotment (three times more than the Federal Government gives to all 50 states), but schools are only required to spend 55% or $1,76 billion of hte allotment on CTE, incentivizing schools to offer cheap...