In a recent blog post my classmate Simona R. Dehoyoz wrote about her passionate belief in funding education in Texas. She works with the Texas Secretary of State and it encourages me to know that someone in that office is so adamant about state funding for education for our children.
She uses persuasive language to argue that public education is of utmost importance to our state if we want to continue to be great in the future. A current battle that is being fought, which she references from an article in the Statesmen, is between Texas school districts and the Texas legislature. The constitution provides for funding for public schools and the districts argue that the legislature is failing to uphold the constitution.
It would be interesting to hear how Ms. Dehoyoz proposes funding public schools to the extent that she believes they should be funded. One proposition I would suggest, and I think that she would agree, is to cut back on testing. While it's important to know how our students, teachers, schools and districts are performing, over-testing creates unnecessary burdens (financial, paperwork-, and stress-related) on teachers, students, and administrators. Testing is expensive, and so I believe it should be done at a minimum.
I like the author's strong stand with school districts for educating our children. I think her post could have made stronger arguments had she included more facts about the current state of education in Texas in addition to her heartfelt admonition that education must be a priority.
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