The Texas Education authorities are planning to reward Texas schools that stretch the potential of their student body. They plan to reach those students who too often get lost in the middle – students who are neither low-performing, nor taking advanced coursework, but who have the potential to succeed in advanced classes and on tests like the Advanced Placement tests if they are motivated and pushed by their schools and parents.
The Texas Education authorities also developing plants to change the educational culture all across Texas so that attending college is the expectation, not the exception to the rule. Too many students think college is not for them because their parents never attended college or because they have limited financial means. That is exactly why the Texas education authorities have passed programs like the $324 million Texas Grant Program, and increased its funding last session despite tough budgetary times.
The Texas Education authorities are creating awareness among Texans of all walks of life, of all ethnic and racial backgrounds. They are spreading the message that it is not where one comes from that matters, but where one is headed to – and college will help one get there. The average lifetime earnings of a college graduate exceed the lifetime earnings of a Texan with a high school degree by $1.2 million. That gap is profoundly widened when a Texan drops out of school. The education gap that exists today is simply the opportunity gap by another name. The state of Texas should be in the business of tearing down barriers to opportunity by declaring its colleges and universities wide open to the best and brightest of all walks of life.
The Texas Education authorities also developing plants to change the educational culture all across Texas so that attending college is the expectation, not the exception to the rule. Too many students think college is not for them because their parents never attended college or because they have limited financial means. That is exactly why the Texas education authorities have passed programs like the $324 million Texas Grant Program, and increased its funding last session despite tough budgetary times.
The Texas Education authorities are creating awareness among Texans of all walks of life, of all ethnic and racial backgrounds. They are spreading the message that it is not where one comes from that matters, but where one is headed to – and college will help one get there. The average lifetime earnings of a college graduate exceed the lifetime earnings of a Texan with a high school degree by $1.2 million. That gap is profoundly widened when a Texan drops out of school. The education gap that exists today is simply the opportunity gap by another name. The state of Texas should be in the business of tearing down barriers to opportunity by declaring its colleges and universities wide open to the best and brightest of all walks of life.