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February 21, 2019

Title: Education: Spend Better and Wiser
Topic: Education

Discussed by Kara Belew
with Texas Public Policy Foundation (www.TexasPolicy.com)

The Big Question: Can the Texas Legislature provide meaningful property tax relief while also improving outcomes for our publicly educated children?

New guest, Kara Belew, is the Senior Education Policy Advisor at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Kara leads TPPF’s efforts to formulate policies to use taxpayer funds more effectively to improve student outcomes across Texas.

Questions/Issues Discussed:

What percent of public-school students cannot read on grade level today?

What percent of public-school students cannot do math on grade level today?

Will this affect their lives forever – both professionally and emotionally?

Kara recently discovered evidence that a Texas school board did not discuss its students’ reading and math performance levels for an entire year. Is this a common practice among many school districts across the country? Listen as she elaborates…

What if Steve Jobs and the Board of Directors of Apple never discussed the progress on the iPhone?

Are the reading/math problems restricted to those who cannot speak/read English very well? Is the problem strictly in low-income areas? Or is this a problem which affects every race, sex, age, and social status?

FACT: Only 16% of high school students who take the SAT/ACT are college-ready.

Are there ways to improve student results within existing taxpayer resources?

What is the Texas Supreme Court’s position on this issue?

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