DONNA, March 4 - Ten years ago today, the Texas State Board of Education formally voted to approve IDEA’s application for a charter. It was a harrowing process.

EDINBURG, Feb. 22 - Educators need to be cognizant of the fact that the Obama Administration has embraced national education standards through the Race To The Top initiative.

SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 7 - Early childhood education is not just an education imperative—it needs to be a national security priority.

"If the current relationships between minority status and educational attainment, occupations of employment, and wage and salary income do not change in the future from those existing in 1990, the future workforce of Texas will be less educated, more likely to be employed in lower-level state occupations and earning lower wages and salaries than the present workforce."

LOS FRESNOS, Jan. 17 - We are very disappointed that Governor Perry has chosen not to apply for federal funds, under “Race to the Top,” that could have provided $350 million ($75 per student) and as much as $700 million ($150 per student) to improve public education in Texas.