Texas 84th Legislature: House Directory
If you do not know who your representatives are, go to www.texastribune.org/directory . If you would like to use the email form on your representative’s page, go to www.house.state.tx.us. Click on the...
View ArticleTexas 84th Legislature Senate Directory
TEXAS SENATE. If you don’t know who your Senator is, go to www.texastribune.org/directory. Address all snail mail to Texas Senators at PO Box 12068, Austin, TX 78711. If you would like to use the...
View ArticleHouse Education Committee
Copy and paste for group email: aycockjda@house.state.tx.us, alma.allen@house.state.tx.us, dwayne.bohac@house.state.tx.us, joe.deshotel@house.state.tx.us, harold.dutton@house.state.tx.us,...
View Article84th Legislature: Bills Filed Relating to TKCW Goals
Please note that this list is tentative. It includes bills filed relating to our goals, but we may or may not take a position on each one. Also, the position we take may change if the bill is...
View ArticleTexas Public Policy Foundation “Misspeaks” When Predicting Higher Teacher...
The Texas Public Policy Foundation, which is closely aligned with ALEC, Texans for Education Reform, and other groups determined to privatize public education, recently Tweeted: “#SchoolChoice will...
View ArticleWorst-Ever Attacks on Public Schools
I am old as dirt. I was born in 1940. Do the math. I lived through the recovery days of the Depression, World War II, the drought in the 1950’s, the Bay of Pigs crisis, Viet Nam, the assassinations...
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Do You Want School Choice or In-School Choice?
by Bonnie A. Lesley, Ed.D. Everybody needs to recognize that almost all charter schools are non-profit arms of for-profit charter management corporations. Those charters buy almost everything from or...
View ArticleLegislative Report Card for the 84th Legislative Session
Click on the “ISSUES” button on the menu bar to see the bills supported and opposed by Texas Kids Can’t Wait during the last legislative session. The report has been updated so that you can also see...
View ArticleTexas Charter School Funding
by Bonnie A. Lesley Texas Kids Can’t Wait has been distressed for several years now as we have watched the Texas Charter School Association and some of its member charter schools repeatedly...
View ArticleCharter School Funding Research by Moak, Casey & Associates
Courtesy of Raise Your Hand Texas and Moak, Casey & Associates: Texas Kids Can’t Wait earlier published a comprehensive study conducted by Dr. Larry Toenjes about the Texas charter school claim...
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