Poll: Texas school choice preferred even if anti-arguments are true | Lubbock’s art mob & funding – Pratt on Texas 7/29/2024

The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: Darn it! The anti-school choice crowd is getting frustrated in Texas. They can’t even design a big poll that skews results to opposing school choice! In the latest attempt pollsters found that even when respondents agree with anti-school choice arguments those same folks still favor school choice. Read it yourself here.

By the way, the poll and the Tribune story are an example of blatant propaganda that is common today. Both use the term “voucher” because that word is used by opponents of school choice and has been well demonized. Texas’ proposed program is not a voucher program but one using educational savings accounts. Vouchers are actual things.

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The Art Mob: The political squabbling in Lubbock over funding for the First Friday Art Trail misses most of the key elements that should be addressed for good public policy. I explain several.

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