Public schools are still in flux amid the ongoing pandemic. So what does that mean for the future of education?
Wednesday night, the George W. Bush Institute brought together former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Margaret Spellings, the former secretary of education, to discuss key issues are impacting students.
In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott has signed two bills aimed at banning critical race theory from classrooms. The fight has more recently morphed into debates over the appropriateness of school library books that delve into issues of race, gender and sexuality. Several districts have started removing controversial materials from shelves, prompting condemnation from free speech advocates.
The law, Bush’s bipartisan education initiative, ushered in high-stakes tests used to measure students’ gains. It came with strict accountability measures should schools not show academic progress. The law also mandated schools publish scores broken down by race, sex, disability and family income – highlighting the persistent gaps between how students of different demographics.
Nationwide, students have fallen behind academically because of COVID-19 disruptions that have often meant students shifting from in-person to online classes and back again. Generally, vouchers funnel taxpayer money that would otherwise support public schools to individual students or families to help offset private school tuition. Other related school choice initiatives include tax credits or education saving accounts that set aside money for tuition or additional services.
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