Paul Thomas looks at the reality on the ground facing Texas education improvement.
The massive blue wave results of the 2026 midterm elections likely will usher in significant political change across the US.
However, the more things change, the more they stay the same on social media where education reformers post nearly endless nonsense—in this case about Texas education reform:
“Ambitious” is doing a lot of work in that first post above.
Here’s Texas in the bottom 15 states in the US for NAEP reading, grade 4 (2024):
Texas is in decline in grade 4 reading similar to most of the US, and is also failing to close so-called achievement gaps as well:
