Education has been around for years, centuries, and decades not only in the United States, but also in the state of Texas. Yet, change in education in general is very hard achieve and not that easy to come about. In the past and the present years, Texas has taken multiple positive strides in the right direction. Yet, one of the biggest issue or policy dividends in Texas and the United States is educational reform. Education reform is just a way of saying change in education. For the reform to happen, there are multiple steps, a series of debates, and a chain of command that needs to happen in the Texas State Legislature. Some examples of the educational reforms that have happened in the past years statewide in Texas include, “student testing, state wide curriculum revision, and dropout prevention” (Buck, pg. 309, 1991).
Educational reforms in Texas have taken place over the past several years. One of the major years of educational reform in America and Texas was the year of 1980. According the article written by Dr. Janiece Buck, “During the 1980’s, national attention was focused on the state of education in America” (Buck, pg. 309, 1991). One of the groups of people that was affected during the 1980’s reform movement were school superintendents and other authority in management positions. Per the article, Dr. Buck states that, “The …show more content…
That year the Texas Legislature passed “The Education Opportunity Act” or “House Bill 72” (Buck, pg. 310, 1991). Once House Bill 72 was passed, it helped shed some light on some of the positives on education reforms happening in Texas. “House Bill 72 helped others to buy into the instructional programs” (Buck pg. 311, 1991) which in turn lead to extra money to help the specific districts. House Bill 72 also lead to “higher expectations of students and staff” (Buck, pg. 311, 1991) which lead to districts building “facilities to support these mandates” (Buck, pg. 311,
Educational reforms in Texas have taken place over the past several years. One of the major years of educational reform in America and Texas was the year of 1980. According the article written by Dr. Janiece Buck, “During the 1980’s, national attention was focused on the state of education in America” (Buck, pg. 309, 1991). One of the groups of people that was affected during the 1980’s reform movement were school superintendents and other authority in management positions. Per the article, Dr. Buck states that, “The …show more content…
That year the Texas Legislature passed “The Education Opportunity Act” or “House Bill 72” (Buck, pg. 310, 1991). Once House Bill 72 was passed, it helped shed some light on some of the positives on education reforms happening in Texas. “House Bill 72 helped others to buy into the instructional programs” (Buck pg. 311, 1991) which in turn lead to extra money to help the specific districts. House Bill 72 also lead to “higher expectations of students and staff” (Buck, pg. 311, 1991) which lead to districts building “facilities to support these mandates” (Buck, pg. 311,