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
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