The Texas Textbook Wars
There is an interesting discussion underway on the “Texas Textbook Wars” over at FoxNews.com. Of course, when one posts a comment in these sorts of online venues, one always runs the risk of the emotional response to a substantive post. However, there is also the probing question, though, that...
Learning to Read – Books or Words?
An interesting debate is unfolding in the Texas Legislature and with concerned citizens organizations regarding the funding of textbooks for our school children. Textbook funding is faced with a 25% cut and approval as a contingency rider, as opposed to its traditional budgeting in the TEA baseline. Books for...
Beyond Schools: A Foundation for Education in the 21st Century
In late 2006, I had the pleasure of drafting an article on the future of education for the Texas Lyceum. At the Lyceum’s fall conference, “Harnessing the Lightening: Economic Growth Opportunities for Texas,” the fall journal presented a series of articles pertinent to this topic, including mine on education....