Texas once proved it could build great public schools. Then came tax cuts, funding cuts, testing, vouchers, and four decades of asking schools to do more with less.
Nancy, thank you for this excellent historical account of the erosion of the Texas public education system. I appreciate the work you put into preparing and sharing this valuable information.
Thank you for the great summary. My daughter is an elementary school art teacher and she is not being paid a living wage. I am helping to buy her groceries every week.
Dorothy, thank you for subsidizing your Texas teacher daughter. I am so sorry that you must do so. I work hard to get out the vote for public education
Nancy, as I retired teacher I live through this. Great work, by the way! I graduated from High school in 1980!
I started to teach in 1984-2014.
The biggest thing I want you to know is the State taking over any school in Texas is a very BAD idea. I don’t feel that Mike Morath really knows what he is doing. Yet, he acts like he knows.
He has a sinister past; that seems to some people that he really isn’t interested in making public schools better. The real killer is House Bill 1842 passed in 2015. By then I was really paying attention to what Texas Politicians were doing to public education. One of my (formerly) favorite politician voted For that Bill. I was shocked! I asked his constituents to ask him about it. Why did he do that? I was so angry about it. I’m still upset. He helped passed a Bill that year (he sold public education so that his bill would pass.) I don’t remember what his bill was about. Had he been my representative; I would have had a long discussion. To learn was it worth killing Public Education for his bill. I 🙏🏼 that Texas Turns Blue so that maybe we can go back to the 1970s and make it better going forward. Rural Republicans in Texas just might want to help make Public Education Great Again.
Slightly punchy over here after looking at some precinct analysis, but you have said much of what I would say. Rural Republicans should be looking at what their leaders have done to them and maybe end up saving us all but I had to think of the song YMCA which could be used with Make Public Education Great Again.
I really want a sign in my yard to go with all my signs for Democrats that says “Support Our Public Schools”. If we keep electing republicans we will certainly sign up for further degradation of our public schools.
Nancy, thank you for this excellent historical account of the erosion of the Texas public education system. I appreciate the work you put into preparing and sharing this valuable information.
Thank you Bryan. It means a lot to me that you enjoyed the article.
Thank you for the great summary. My daughter is an elementary school art teacher and she is not being paid a living wage. I am helping to buy her groceries every week.
Dorothy, thank you for subsidizing your Texas teacher daughter. I am so sorry that you must do so. I work hard to get out the vote for public education
Nancy, as I retired teacher I live through this. Great work, by the way! I graduated from High school in 1980!
I started to teach in 1984-2014.
The biggest thing I want you to know is the State taking over any school in Texas is a very BAD idea. I don’t feel that Mike Morath really knows what he is doing. Yet, he acts like he knows.
He has a sinister past; that seems to some people that he really isn’t interested in making public schools better. The real killer is House Bill 1842 passed in 2015. By then I was really paying attention to what Texas Politicians were doing to public education. One of my (formerly) favorite politician voted For that Bill. I was shocked! I asked his constituents to ask him about it. Why did he do that? I was so angry about it. I’m still upset. He helped passed a Bill that year (he sold public education so that his bill would pass.) I don’t remember what his bill was about. Had he been my representative; I would have had a long discussion. To learn was it worth killing Public Education for his bill. I 🙏🏼 that Texas Turns Blue so that maybe we can go back to the 1970s and make it better going forward. Rural Republicans in Texas just might want to help make Public Education Great Again.
Slightly punchy over here after looking at some precinct analysis, but you have said much of what I would say. Rural Republicans should be looking at what their leaders have done to them and maybe end up saving us all but I had to think of the song YMCA which could be used with Make Public Education Great Again.
Exceptional overview. I sincerely hope one day Texas education will soar to the heights our children deserve. Vote Blue! 🌊
I really want a sign in my yard to go with all my signs for Democrats that says “Support Our Public Schools”. If we keep electing republicans we will certainly sign up for further degradation of our public schools.
Thank you so much for this! I will be sharing so others can understand what has happened.
I appreciate your leadership! This can be turned around. Fingers crossed for Gina!!