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The Commit Partnership joins Texas 2036, the Texas Association of Community Colleges, the Texas Business Leadership Council, and the Texas Community College Student Advisory Council [...]
Currently, fewer than 1 in 5 Texas elementary students have access to on-grade-level reading content in the classroom, according to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) [...]
Early each March, educators, policymakers, and students from across the country gather in Austin to discuss the future of education. SXSW EDU is a yearly [...]
Today, the Commit Partnership, the Texas Association of Community Colleges, the Texas Business Leadership Council, and the Texas Community College Student Advisory Council signaled their [...]
High-impact tutoring (HIT), as described in the above video, outpaces other learning interventions – the average effect of this kind of tutoring program on academic [...]
This video follows a recent poll that shows 74% of North Texans support the state’s current system of assigning an A-F letter grade for [...]
In Texas, two-thirds of families have all parents in the household working, and therefore need reliable child care. However, nearly half of Texans live in [...]
Today’s teachers are responsible for preparing the workforce of tomorrow. Research demonstrates that the quality of a teacher's preparation directly correlates with their classroom performance [...]
Today, the Commit Partnership released poll results that show both conservative and progressive North Texas voters overwhelmingly support data-driven strategies in order to improve outcomes [...]
Today, the Commit Partnership released its 2023 legislative agenda ahead of the 88th Texas Legislative Session beginning on January 10, 2023. As a member of [...]
Today, the Aim Hire Texas Policy Coalition, a network of over forty partners comprising business leadership and education advocates spanning the entire state – including [...]
The yearly release of results from our state’s standardized STAAR exam provides Texas families, leaders, and voters an opportunity to learn how our schools are [...]
Dallas College is making history with its new teacher apprenticeship program – the first program of its kind in Texas. Responding to a community wide [...]
Each fall, nonprofit news organization Texas Tribune puts on TribFest, a series of discussions focused on public policy in Texas. Over the weekend, TribFest was [...]
The annual release of the Texas Education Agency’s school ratings provides an opportunity for families, school leaders, and lawmakers to reflect on which educational strategies [...]
Texas is facing a skilled workforce shortage of 1.4 million jobs across the state. Our state’s community and technical colleges are uniquely positioned to address [...]
As Texas classrooms reopen after summer break, it’s time for a close look at how well our public schools are serving our students. Last week [...]
A recent analysis by Children at Risk found a notable lack of child care seats in many areas of Greater Dallas County. Child care is [...]
Citing the benefits that high-impact tutoring has on improving student outcomes, Commit Partnership Senior Director of Academic Recovery Dr. Sharla Horton-Williams urged the Texas House [...]