Lines Blur as Texas Gives Industries a Bonanza

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Indeed. A lot of people love to crow about the unemployment statistics for Texas, but they forget those others. I think that government should work for all citizens, not just the most wealthy. We can certainly do better in education, which I think is the key. If children are the future, then we're mortgaging our future for meaningless gains today.

To a degree, em2nought is right. The school where I teach, 85% of the kids are on free breakfast and lunch. But each and everyone has a smartphone.

I doubt we agree about how to fix the education problem I hear a lot about teachers and tests, but from what I've seen first-hand, it needs to start with the parents.