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Michael Lawrence Williams (born May 31, 1953) is an American educator and attorney who is the former Education Commissioner of the U.S. state of Texas, in which capacity he was leader of the Texas Education Agency. Williams was appointed to the position on August 27, 2012, by then Governor Rick Perry. [5]
Texas 2036 is a nonpartisan public policy think tank founded by Dallas attorney Tom Luce. [1] [2] [3] Former U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings joined the organization in 2019 and served as president and CEO until 2023. [4] [5] Former president of Rice University David Leebron was selected to succeed Spellings. [6]
The first Republican statewide primary was held in 1926, but drew only 15,239 voters. By contrast, the Democratic primary in the same year drew 821,234 voters, as disfranchisement was well established, and Texas was essentially a one-party, white-only voting state. Only two more Republican primaries were run in the next thirty-four years. [5]
One of the biggest Texas political stories of the past year was the attempt by Abbott, state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R), the state’s powerful — and internally ...
As of 2011, Texas still ranks at the bottom of many educational indicators. Texas has the fewest percentage of adults with high school diplomas, compared to the other U.S. states. [119] [120] Texas is also ranked low in high school graduation rate, though the exact ranking depends on how the statistic is defined.
Preuss, Gene B. "Public education comes of age." in Twentieth-Century Texas: A Social and Cultural History, edited by John W. Storey and Mary L. Kelley, (2008) pp: 358–386. online; Preuss, Gene B. To Get a Better School System : One Hundred Years of Education Reform in Texas (Texas A&M University Press, 2009) online; Sand, Thad, and Milam C ...
Madison Booker scored 21 points in just 18 minutes and No. 5 Texas beat No. 18 Alabama 84-40 on Thursday night for its ninth straight win. Texas (16-1, 3-0 SEC) has won 16 consecutive home games ...
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