Mary Lynn Pruneda, Director of Education and Workforce Policy
As families across Texas get ready to head back to school, our state is reaching an important population milestone: Students entering kindergarten this fall will graduate high school in 2036, our state’s bicentennial. If history is an indicator, what can we expect the academic outcomes of these “bicentennials” to be? Texas 2036 took a look…
The unsung heroes of the Texas Legislature are the hundreds of staff who work long, hard, and stressful hours monitoring the floor, watching committee hearings, and writing legislation to make Texas better. Among these staff, there are those who achieve first name status. The Beyoncés and Madonnas of Texas public politics and policy. Enter Tamoria…
The following testimony against House Bill 4514 was delivered to the House Public Education Committee on April 20, 2023. Chairman Buckley and honorable members of the House Public Education Committee, Thank you for the opportunity to provide written testimony in opposition to House Bill 4514 as filed. The coalition of 9 undersigned organizations represent business,…
Texas 2036 Senior Policy Advisor Mary Lynn Pruneda offered testimony Tuesday in front of the Texas House Public Education Committee in favor of House Bill 1605, which aims to increase rigor in the classroom and reduce teacher workload through high-quality instructional materials. Here’s her testimony: Good afternoon. My name is Mary Lynn Pruneda. I work on public…
Texas 2036 Senior Policy Advisor Mary Lynn Pruneda testified on March 14 in front of the Texas House of Representatives Public Education Committee on House Bill 1416. She discussed the need for more parent notice when kids are not on grade level if the state decides to remove Accelerated Learning Committees. These are committees…
This is a preview of our upcoming report, “The State of Readiness: Are Texas Students Prepared for Life After High School?” Texas 2036 and the George W. Bush Institute uses data to explore student career readiness and its impacts on Texas’ future prosperity. Texas is booming thanks to economic opportunities that draw people to the Lone…