Newly-formed Texans for Excellence in the Classroom today announced its support of the Governor’s Business Council’s education recommendations to improve teacher effectiveness and foster educational excellence in Texas.
“Texas has come a long way in education,” said Charles McMahen, chairman of Texans for Excellence in the Classroom. “Thanks to reforms adopted with bipartisan support, student achievement has improved over the past decade. However, despite our gains, Texas dropouts are too numerous, our student performance is still sub par, and far too few young Texans are graduating high school ready for college or a good job.”

The newly-formed Texans for Excellence in the Classroom announced its support of the Governor’s Business Council’s education recommendations to improve teacher effectiveness and foster educational excellence in Texas.

Although education issues might not take center stage the way they have the past few times state lawmakers met, Central Texas school officials say there are still plenty of things to monitor when the Legislature convenes today.

State law should require schools to fire teachers whose students repeatedly show little or no improvement after the teachers receive extra coaching, a business group said Wednesday.

Texas teachers who are repeatedly ruled ineffective would be fired under recommendations made Wednesday by a group of businessmen.

Ineffective teachers who don't improve with special help should be fired, leaders of Texans for Excellence in the Classroom said Wednesday.

Texas needs to expand incentive pay in schools, beef up teacher evaluations and make it easier for school districts to get rid of bad teachers, according to a report released Wednesday by the Governor's Business Council.

More than 80 percent of Texas high school graduates are unprepared either for a job or college and educators need to be held accountable, says a new education group that advocates meaningful teacher evaluations and more incentive-based pay for effective teachers.