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The Robin Hood Plan is a colloquialism given to a provision of Texas Senate Bill 7 (73rd Texas Legislature) (the provision is officially referred to as "recapture"), originally enacted by the U.S. state of Texas in 1993 (and revised frequently since then) to provide equity of school financing within all school districts in the state of Texas.
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]
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 ...
Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday.. A slim ...
(The Center Square) – The State Board of Education (SBOE) on Friday approved the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) proposal for Texas’ state-owned textbooks, known as Bluebonnet Learning. It ...
When Texas lawmakers reconvene at the Capitol on Jan. 14, they will focus on higher education issues ranging from diversity, equity and inclusion to affordability and accessibility.
Most states that close their prepaid tuition plans now administer other education savings plans instead. In Texas, the TGTP was replaced by a new prepaid plan in 2008. The Texas Tomorrow Fund will be reopened for new enrollment under a new name: [5] The Texas Tuition Promise Fund, which replaced the Texas Guaranteed Tuition Plan in 2008. [6]
The Texas Promise is a 2014 documentary film about public education in Texas. The film follows the 83rd Texas Legislature , as state lawmakers battle over school funding after making $5.4 billion in cuts to public education in the previous legislative session. [ 1 ]