By Dave Lieber
“My goal as governor,” Republican candidate Greg Abbott said this week during a debate, “is to work toward elevating the Texas education system to be ranked No. 1 in the nation.”
Can’t happen. I’ll show you why.
A leap to the top requires big change. Yet built into the infrastructure of the Texas public school system is a bias against change agents.
It’s part of the culture of the Texas Association of School Boards and the regional education...