Help Where It’s Needed
What to know: Even the Dallas Morning News is recognizing that “Low-income families and disabled kids are the big winners of education savings accounts.”
The TPPF take: The program is doing just what supporters said it would do—get help to where it’s needed.
“The program puts parents in the driver’s seat of their children’s education and offers alternatives to families who feel their local public schools are not meeting individual needs,” says TPPF’s Brian Phillips. “The response suggests that, for many parents, choice isn’t just a buzzword — it’s a necessity born of real dissatisfaction.”
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Teacher Education
What to know: A third of all of California’s teacher preparation programs earn an F on literacy, a new report says.
TPPF Take: “The university-based teacher preparation programs are not merely flawed but are fundamentally incompatible with education’s true purpose.”
“Our current teacher preparation system through the university isn’t serving teachers or students as well as it should. The master’s degree in education, the field’s central product, has zero effect on student achievement,” says TPPF’s Kate Bierly. “Texas has a real opportunity to lead the country by raising expectations for teacher preparation and putting the focus back on subject expertise, rigorous training, and hands-on classroom experience. If we want better outcomes for students, we have to begin by preparing excellent teachers.”
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Midterms in Mexico
What to know: Mexico’s 2027 midterm elections will be a referendum on President Claudia Sheinbaum’s administration.
The TPPF take: The 2027 elections represent the most important political contest of President Sheinbaum’s administration.
“These elections will serve as a national referendum on the governing project of Morena and will determine whether opposition forces can preserve the territorial strongholds necessary to rebuild a competitive national alternative ahead of the 2030 presidential election,” says TPPF’s Alicia Galván López. “For policymakers, analysts, investors, and international partners, the 2027 elections should be viewed not simply as a midterm contest, but as a critical inflection point in Mexico’s democratic and institutional evolution.”
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