(Community Matters) Today’s luncheon featured state Rep. Rob Eissler (R) who chairs the House’s Public Education Committee. Some interesting facts: the state’s real dropout rate is 30% (as high as 50% in some urban areas) [this isn’t a new fact but thought I’d share anyhow], Texas spends more on a drop out every year than on each kids in school each year, the 3 R’s for dropout prevention: rigor, relationship and relevance, schools have improved as measured by TASK performance by 56% over the last 6 years, there are 4.6mm kids in Texas schools (and 30k charter school slots, i.e., you can’t give everyone a voucher), 1,043 school districts plus charter schools, we spend $40B/year on Texas public education and 44% of all monies are spent on teachers, another 44% on other personnel, leaving 12% on other.
Lots of community colleagues at today’s luncheon, including our host, Drew Scheberle as well as Janet Harman, Eric Harslem, Jackie Malta, Rick O’Donnell, Jennifer Easterline, Erica Ekwurzel, Ann Stafford, Marisol Foster, Wynn Rosser, Michelle Moak, John Fitzpatrick, Mary Ellen Pietruszynski, Caroline Newman and several others.
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