The following written comments by Policy Advisor Renzo Soto were submitted Aug. 22 to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding the adoption of emergency rules to implement HB 8 (88-R). To Chairman Farias, Vice Chair Williams, members of the Board, and Commissioner Keller, Texas 2036 extends our gratitude for your leadership in helping secure…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter that takes a look at all things Back to School. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. School’s back in session: What to know 🚌 This month, roughly 5.5 million Texas children boarded school buses, were driven or walked to school for…
Today, the Texas Education Agency released its 2023 Grades 3-8 STAAR results. The following media statement is by Texas 2036 Senior Policy Advisor Mary Lynn Pruneda. The latest 3rd through 8th grade STAAR results show that Texas students and schools continue their progress in recovering from the impacts of the pandemic. Thanks to the hard…
This is a preview of our Texas 2036 newsletter that looks at Texas’ bicentennial graduates, Generation 2036. To receive this weekly look at our work, sign up here. Meet Generation 2036: Texas’ Bicentennial Graduates This month, the high school graduating class of 2036 enters kindergarten. What will life be like for our littlest Texans when they…
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…
Today, broadband internet is most reliably delivered via fiber-optic cables, which is no doubt why much of the $3.3 billion in federal dollars recently allocated to Texas through the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program will go to support the expansion of fiber-based broadband infrastructure in the state. However, in areas of the world…