[GeorgeTex]

Texas schools do not suck. But, they need to realize that the days of the blank check from the State Government are over. This way we can actually have some accountability at the district level.

[q_an_a]

For all the people bashing the quality of TX schools they should look at Newsweek ranking of top high schools in America #1 AND 2 are in Dallas while four of the top 12 are in the state. Hard to say our schools are bad or underfunded compared to any other state. Dallas graduation rates are up and so is reading at 8th grade level.

For those that think No child left behind is stupid - consider this - 80% of the prison population can't read at 8th grade level. So if you teach kids to read they are less likely to go to jail.