Rob Reid

3 weeks ago | krgv.com | Jaden Edison |Rob Reid

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In their public campaign to create a private school voucher program in Texas, Republican leaders have often countered criticism from people concerned about the challenges facing the state’s public education system by saying school districts receive more than $15,000 for each student. “Public education funding is at an all-time high.

3 weeks ago | texastribune.org | Jaden Edison |Rob Reid |Yuriko Schumacher

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. In their public campaign to create a private school voucher program in Texas, Republican leaders have often countered criticism from people concerned about the challenges facing the state’s public education system by saying school districts receive more than $15,000 for each student. “Public education funding is at an all-time high.

1 month ago | abc13.com | Jaden Edison |Rob Reid

ByThe Texas Tribune, Jaden Edison and graphics by Rob Reid Tuesday, March 11, 2025 1:01PMAUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) -- In public hearings, during Capitol floor debates and in rooms packed with their constituents, Texas lawmakers have pitched school vouchers as a tool that will primarily benefit low-income students - and not just, as their critics argue, offer taxpayer dollars to families already sending their children to private schools. "These are parents living paycheck by paycheck," Gov.

1 month ago | palestineherald.com | Jaden Edison |Rob Reid

In public hearings, during Capitol floor debates and in rooms packed with their constituents, Texas lawmakers have pitched school vouchers as a tool that will primarily benefit low-income students — and not just, as their critics argue, offer taxpayer dollars to families already sending their children to private schools. “These are parents living paycheck by paycheck,” said Gov. Greg Abbott at a recent private school event in San Antonio.

2 months ago | kxxv.com | Jaden Edison |Rob Reid |Tamir Kalifa

TEXAS (KXXV) — National test scores show Texas students still lag in math and readingBy Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune, Graphics by Rob Reid, The Texas TribuneJan. 29, 2025"National test scores show Texas students still lag in math and reading" was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.