Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to cut property taxes will starve public schools while he sends state money to private schools.
Texas already ranks 47th in the nation in public school funding and pays teachers $10,000 less a year than the national average. No surprise then that Texas students trail the nation in reading and math scores, according to the Nation’s Report Card, a nonprofit that analyzes testing data.
The Legislature increased public school funding by $8 billion for the next two years, but it was the first increase in state funding since 2019 and doesn’t keep up with inflation. Lawmakers then promised to spend $1 billion in state tax revenue to send 100,000 kids to private schools.
Tying the hands of school boards will guarantee they will have to close more schools and cut more teachers, explained Clay Robison, spokesman for the Texas State Teachers Association.
“Abbott does not really care about public education; his focus now is on private schools, charter schools, and giving them all the tax dollars,” he told me. “More teachers are going to quit.”
Lol, see you at number 50 in education Texas, when all those private schools cut corners and pocket money instead of teaching students.
Nah, this is them setting up their caste system. The rich people send their kids to these private schools to be management, and all the plebs get underfunded shitty education and get to be their wage slaves.
Yeah, they need someone to replace undocumented immigrants as exploited labor
But that already happens lol.
There’s currently some social mobility. They want to end any chance of it.
Nah, the private schools are for the rich kids to actually learn things so they have a lifelong advantage over the public school kids.
By learning things I suppose you mean make connections because that’s the real power in a place like that.
I dunno. It’s not like Mississippi and Missouri are doing anything right.
Thought I heard Mississippi was turning things around, partially by *gasp* failing kids that don’t meet standards and holding them back a year.
That isn’t reflected in the statistics yet and won’t be for another 5-8 years. Texas is probably 49th in terms of K-5 now.
They don’t have economies anywhere near the size of Texas. TX can easily afford to do the right thing, but instead chooses to do the right-wing thing.
Yeah, I mean I really don’t know what’s going on in the south with schools, they are all pretty near the bottom. There has to be some explanation and I kinda refuse to believe it’s a public school problem. As with everything, there’s probably far too many middle-management administrators and things like that which could be eliminated.
What’s wrong with those voters? No matter how conservative you may be, How do you see your state among the worst education systems and decide they need less money?
I believe they are convinced the education system is already over funded, and we are not getting our money’s worth. The problem is, that money is not making it’s way to the student’s education, it seems, and no one wants to give up the grift.
dumb, poor, desperate people are easy to manipulate, it’s a simple as that
Poverty. When you lack secure housing/food/safety, you can’t focus as easily at school.
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
It’s really a goddamn shame what’s still going on there and many many large cities across the US. Every child should have a quality education available to them in this country of obscene wealth.
Its often some combination of racism, corruption, and hating poor people yet relying on them for all sorts of things.
Republicans cut everything and keep the money, the deep red south
So what’s the deal they’re not satisfied with the skim and they want more? FFS. Though I suppose this has more to do with teaching a bunch of religious bs in the classroom.