"The Achilles Heel of Texas: Improving College Eligibility Rates Through K-12 Education Savings Accounts" show that only a minority of Texas students are college ready. Public schools would improve and students would excel with the implementation of an Educational Savings Account program similar to that passed in Nevada.
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...