You are here
About Texans for Education Reform
What We Stand For:
- Increased parental involvement and control of their public schools
- Expedited intervention in failing public schools - both traditional schools and charter schools
- The use of national "best practices" in education including online resources and blended learning and credit-by-exam for student advancement
We advocate legislation in support of:
Charter Schools
Achievement School District
Parent Trigger
Home Rule
Online Learning
Credit by Exam
Teacher Effectiveness and Advancement
School Transfer
Texas House Bills: HB 1926; HB 1957; HB 2694; HB 2976; HB 2977; HB 2980; HB 3034; HB 3228; HB 3319; HB 3611
Texas Senate Bills: SB 2; SB 1263; SB 1298; SB 1365; SB 1403; SB 1408; SB 1571; SB 1718; SB 1775
Our
Advisory Board
| Doug Foshee (Chair) | Naomi Aberly | Lydia & Bill Addy |
| Richard Agnitch | Eddie Aldrete | Andrew Alexander |
| Stanford Alexander | Willie Alexander | Stephen Alvis |
| Charles Amato | John Arnoldy | Trent Aulbaugh |
| Andrew Baker | Mike Ballases | Ken Barth |
| Peter Beck | Gil Besing | Randy Best |
| Albert Black | Jack Blanton, Jr. | Jeanne Whitman Bobbitt |
| Cecilia & Garrett Boone | Jana & Mike Boswell | Bud Brigham |
| Mark Brooker | JW Brown | Robert Brown |
| John Butler | Penny Butler | Kirbyjon Caldwell |
| Dougal Cameron | Deborah Cannon | Quico Canseco |
| Chip Carlisle | Martha Carnes | Richard Castro |
| Bill Chiles | Ernest Cockrell | Richard Collins |
| Scott Cones | David Corrigan | Mark Cover |
| Kathy & Harlan Crow | James Crownover | Robin Curle |
| Jim Dannenbaum | Michael Dardick | Greg Davis |
| Jonathan Day | Mark Desjardins | Joseph Dilg |
| Alan Dreeben | Charles Duncan | Mac Dunwoody |
| Kent Eastman | Lynn Eisenhaus | John Esparza |
| Larry Faulkner | Regen Horchow Fearon | Edwin Flores |
| Lupe Fraga | Gay Gaddis | Buddy Garcia |
| Dan Gilbane | Don Glendenning | Nina Godiwalla |
| Irma Diaz Gonzalez | Antonio Grijalva | Jim Hackett |
| David Handley | Alan Hassenflu | Bobby Hatcher |
| Phil Hawk | Bill Helms | Earl Hesterberg |
| Jeff Hines | Paul Hobby | Ned Holmes |
| James Huffines | Nancy Ann & Ray Hunt | Bobby Jenkins |
| Jodie Jiles | Dianne Johnson | Bob Kaminski |
| Larry Kellner | Mark Kelly | Nancy Kinder |
| Carla Knobloch | John Knox | Larry Lebowitz |
| Bobby Lyle | Anna & Chris Mahowald | Dan Martinez |
| Lowry Mays | Don McAdams | David McClanahan |
| Red McCombs | Clint McDonnough | Cappy McGarr |
| Suzanne McGee | Colleen McHugh | Scott McLean |
| Charles McMahon | Robert McNair | Joanie & Don McNamara |
| Ben Mendez | Paula Mendoza | Phil Montgomery |
| William Montgomery | Jacob Monty | Jack Moore |
| Gilberto Moreno | Shea Morenz | Michael Morgan |
| Catherine Mosbacher | Paul Murphy | Charles Nettles |
| Dennis Nixon | Erle Nye | Peter O'Donnell |
| Stephen Owen | Patrick Oxford | Rolando Pablos |
| Raymond Palacios | Daniel Parsley | Thomas Perich |
| Bob Perry | Jeanne Johnson Phillips | Karen & Richard Pollock |
| Caren Prothro | J. Puckett | Rudy Ramos |
| Mike Rawlings | Anne & Rob Raymond | Eduardo Rodriguez |
| Catherine & Will Rose | Robert Rowling | Cynthia Rubio |
| Cynthia Sakulenzki | Benjamin Samuels | Fern Santini |
| Kenton Schaefer | Bret Schuch | John Scovell |
| Nicholas Serafy | Robin & Gene Shepherd | Karen Shuford |
| Annette & Harold Simmons | Thomas Simmons | Joe Slovacek |
| Josephine P. Smith | Mark Speese | Gary Stein |
| Paige Stewart | Charles Swanson | Jere Thompson |
| Rice Tilley | Diane & Dick Trabulsi | Ken Travis |
| Chase Untermeyer | Ann & Bob Utley | Gary Valdez |
| Lori Vetters | Mark Wallace | Peter Wareing |
| Marc Watts | Teri Sue & Jack Wensinger | Christopher White |
| Donnelle & Phillip Wiggins | Jim Windham | Daniel Wolterman |
| Ed Wulfe | Sanjiv Yajnik | Chuck Young |
| Fred Zeldman | (as of April 28, 2013) |