Tag Archives: vouchers
Students Play Hooky to Rally for School Choice
Billed as the largest school choice rally in Texas history, hundreds of people, mostly children in matching yellow scarves marched on the Capitol on Friday. ...Read More
Five Issues to Watch as the Show Unfolds at the 84th Legislature
Let the bashing of public schools, immigrants and any limitations whatsoever on guns begin....Read More
Partying for School Choice on Milton Friedman’s 101st Birthday
David Dewhurst's gift to school choice fans on Friedman's birthday: He'll skip the two-thirds rule to pass a voucher bill in 2015.
Fans of school choice—like private school vouchers and charter schools—celebrated Milton Friedman's birthday by describing how baffled they are by oppositio...Read More
Hot List: Day 92 of the Legislature
Senator Dan Patrick (R-Houston) is one of several senators pushing for school choice and lauding it as the "civil rights issue of our time." Expect to see bigge...Read More
House Goes Big Against School Vouchers
House Speaker Joe Straus has made it clear that his chamber won't be passing any school voucher bills this session. An amendment to the budget today sealed the ...Read More
Dan Patrick Files His “Business Tax Credit” School Voucher Bill
Patrick's bill, SB1410, would create what he calls the Texas Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program. It's the largest voucher program in any bill filed this sess...Read More
Lucio Floats School Voucher Proposal—Just Don’t Call it “Vouchers”
Wednesday, from the Rio Grande Guardian, came word that a voucher "pilot program" could be introduced by—wait for it—Democratic state Sen. Eddie Lucio Jr. H...Read More
Jeb Bush Regales Senators with Reform Ideas, Old-School Testing Enthusiasm
But between the guest of honor's last name and his tremendous faith in high-stakes testing, visiting the Senate chamber this morning felt a lot less like reform...Read More
Fixing Texas Schools: There’s an App for That
Education reformers tout the benefits of charter schools, online learning and technology-driven instruction. ...Read More