Quorum Report Daily Buzz Quorum Report Daily Buzz Login into the Quorum Report Subscribe toQuorum Report
Quorum Report Daily Buzz

August 13, 2018      5:21 PM

Grusendorf: Education Reform?

Well ahead of the next legislative session, former Texas House Public Education Chairman Kent Grusendorf lays out some history of what previous governors have sought to do about the issue and whether they really accomplished anything

If you talk to moms around Texas, you’ll quickly learn that a major issue for them is education. Education reform has been a top priority for Texas parents, business leaders, and politicians for decades. So, what have our state leaders said and done in recent decades?

With the 85th Legislature due to start in a few months, a review what governors have said over the past 40 years regarding their education agendas in their State of the State addresses to the legislature might be enlightening. Each of the last six governors, who have led Texas over the past four decades, has proposed reforms designed to fix the problems of public education. 

The complete guest column by former Texas House Public Education Committee Chairman Kent Grusendorf is in the R&D Department.

By Kent Grusendorf

Click here to visit Austin Flag