• Since 2019, Texas Public Schools have lost $10 billion in funding

    Because of inflation, schools are receiving $1,300 less per student in 2025 and are at a breaking point.

  • School Funding 101

    We can help you understand why Texas schools are in the bottom five states for school funding.

  • Have you ever tried taking the STAAR Test (and other information about testing)

    A poet tries to answer STAAR questions about her own poems that were used on STAAR, as well as other issues with the state test.

  • Why Vouchers Are Bad for Texas!

    Vouchers have a poor record nationwide of helping kids get a better education, and would only benefit a few.

  • Tracking Education Bills in the Current Legislative Session

    Keep up-to-date about bills that deserve our support (and those that don't).

  • Community-Based Strategies to Support Struggling Schools

    Community Schools have a national track record in helping struggling schools improve. Why don't we use it more in Texas?

  • Too Much Testing

    With more time testing and less time learning, Texas students are being short-changed. With testing activity now taking from 28 to 45 days each school year, testing is out of control. What can we do? Save Texas Schools asks our legislature to continue looking at high-stakes testing that is draining both time and resources from the education of Texas children.

  • Higher Ed, Higher Pain

    The 2011 Texas Legislature chopped more than a billion dollars from higher education, dashing the dream of college for many Texas students. While scholarships disappeared, many campuses were forced to raise tuition costs, a deadly combination for families without the resources to make up the difference.

  • Remember the Alamo!

    The following letter was published in the Washington Post : This is an open letter issued by John Kuhn, superintendent of the Perrin-Whitt Consolidated Independent School District. Addressed to Texas legislators, this plea for help is modeled on the famous letter that William Barret Travis sent from the Alamo right before it fell in 1836 (the text of which follows Kuhn's). Kuhn refers to plans by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to cut billions of dollars from public school funding.

  • Growing Population

    How Many New Students Can Texas Expect?

    According to the Texas Comptroller’s office, the State Data Center estimates that the number of public elementary and secondary school students will grow by about 900,000 between 2010 and 2040.

    Texas already has the nation’s second-largest elementary and secondary school enrollment, accounting for 9 percent of the U.S. total.