AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Center for Education Freedom Policy Analyst Michael Barba and Center for Effective Justice Policy Analyst Derek Cohen on how school choice helps keep kids in school and out of the juvenile justice system. The paper, “Destroying the School-to-Prison Pipeline,” examines school choice as...
Press Release October 10, 2014AUSTIN – Derek Cohen, Policy Analyst with the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Center for Effective Justice, will testify before the Texas House Corrections Committee on Wednesday, October 8, at 1:00 p.m. Central Time in Room E2.012 of the Texas State Capitol. The hearing will review the correctional facilities and processes within the Texas Juvenile Justice...
Press Release October 10, 2014AUSTIN — Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Center for Education Freedom Director Kent Grusendorf and Senior Fellow Allan Parker on the lack of ultimate responsibility for success in education. The paper, “Accountability in Education: Who is Responsible?” discusses how choice in education provides the best system of accountability. ...
Press Release October 9, 2014Meaningful education reform requires cooperation not compulsion.
Press Release October 8, 2014Students who are at high risk of entering the justice system later in life can be helped long before they become criminals. One component in helping these children graduate and live fulfilling lives is school choice.
Press Release October 7, 2014There are over 1,500 “crimes” listed outside the Texas Penal Code. Texas should establish a commission to review these offenses and recommend which can be placed within the Code—and which can be abolished altogether.
Press Release October 6, 2014AUSTIN – Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report by Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director Kathleen Hartnett White on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP).
Press Release October 6, 2014AUSTIN – Today, the Texas Public Policy Foundation unveiled the 2015-16 “Legislator’s Guide to the Issues” a series of recommendations to the 84th Texas Legislature that will keep Texas at the forefront of liberty, prosperity, and economic growth. “The Texas Model of low spending and taxes, a low level of regulation, a fair and...
Press Release October 3, 2014AUSTIN – Today the Texas Public Policy Foundation released two reports by Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Policy Analyst Josiah Neeley on regulating water rights and usage in Texas. The first paper, Water Rights Amendments: Changing Times, Changing Uses, asks lawmakers to specify that surface water right amendments for change of use are automatic,...
Press Release October 2, 2014AUSTIN – Kathleen Hartnett White, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Armstrong Center for Energy and the Environment at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, issued the following statement on Tuesday’s ruling by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to uphold the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s June 2012 decision not to list...
Press Release October 2, 2014AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation will host “At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit,” on Thursday and Friday, September 25-26, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency in Houston. This summit will bring together the brightest and most eminent minds on energy and climate change to discuss the path forward from the crossroads between the transformative energy...
Press Release September 24, 2014AUSTIN – The Texas Public Policy Foundation today announced that State Senator Dan Patrick (Houston) will introduce Governor Rick Perry at “At the Crossroads: Energy & Climate Policy Summit” on Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 7:00 CDT. Gov. Perry will deliver the evening keynote at the Summit. The Summit, a world-class gathering of the most prominent...
Press Release September 24, 2014