(Community Matters) Quite proud of our staff at the KDK-Harman Foundation which led organizing the recent Texas foundation’s education lobby day and which is a founding sponsor of Save Texas Schools, the rally occurring this Saturday, March 12.
Texas was already at risk of losing its economic competitiveness because of declining education achievement. Our projected growth demographics and the education attainment challenges we know we’re facing can’t withstand ideologically driven, foolhardy slashing of school budgets. Yes there are systems consolidations and other productivity & efficacy enhancements we should influence as part of the solution. And, as a member of several foundations during the last ten years, I’ve witnessed meaningful progress in regional public elementary and high schools – much more during the last three years than ever before.
Save Texas Schools is a nonpartisan statewide volunteer coalition of parents, students, educators, business leaders, concerned citizens, community groups and faith organizations. Our goal is to educate our state’s elected officials about the importance of maintaining funding for Texas public education – from pre-K through college – to the maximum degree possible, within the context of the current state budget crisis and beyond.
The legislature’s willingness to now include tapping the rainy day fund as part of the solution to our funding crisis indicates substantial progress – two other components of the solution should be closing certain tax loop holes and limited strategic funding cuts
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