At the unofficial kickoff of the 2012 Texas Tribune Festival, I talked with the superintendents of the Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Houston and Northwest school districts about the state of public education.
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Comments (3)
blanca fogleman
Once again it is about who tested higher than who...No discussion about curriculum. No clue about how the testing and constant data collection, that we base everything on, is the real cancer eating away at instruction time. Until someone figures this out we will loose good teachers and students to private school. There you do not have to jump hoops to get to an actual lesson. No wonder the people are demanding vouchers.
Cameron Grubert
So far I cannot get the video to play past the first 5 minutes or so. Could be my server. What I've seen so far is much better than newspaper editorials from a business leader taking pot-shots at Texas Education. When I'm able to see the rest, I will comment further.
Karen Packard
My video played about 9 minutes. Please fix this so Cameron and I can watch the rest. Then we will both be able to respond.