This is a snapshot of the research findings from a recently published report, “Texas Charter Schools: An Assessment In 2005,” as well as the findings of five other research reports on charter schools released over the past year. These reports identify what we should know about Texas charter schools and the fundamental steps to improving public education.
Higher Education
Student-Athletes Are Not Employees
College athletics is approaching a crossroads. After years of rapid, sweeping change in student-athlete compensation practices that have left a patchwork of state regulation in its wake, some in Congress now propose to reclassify collegiate student‑athletes across the country as employees of their universities. While we sympathize with the desire to provide certainty and uniformity to student-athletes and universities, and although we see the need for some revenue-sharing framework, workplace regulation...
May 19, 2026