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The following statistics are provided by a report from the Texas Legislative Study group on the state of our state. http://texaslsg.org/texasonthebrink/ 87 percent of children whose parents do not have a high school degree live in low-income families, compared to 30 percent of children whose parents have some college education. 47 percent of Texas children live in low-income families. Texas is ranked 42nd in residents age 25-35 with an associates degree or higher. Texas currently ranks 42nd in the number of high school graduates going to college, with 55.4 percent. 50 percent of college freshman in Texas are enrolled in remedial or developmental classes, compared with 28 percent across the U.S. Texas funds only 32 percent of need-based financial aid, as opposed to 89 percent by the top-investing states. With numbers like these, how can we have hope that our children will be able to compete in a global economy or achieve security and success? Our policy makers and economic strategists clearly do not make education a priority. There is a lot of lip service, but their actions do not support their rhetoric. If education matters, everyone will agree to do whatever it takes to rescue our teachers, our students, our schools, and our future.
If we do nothing except shake our heads and turn our backs, there will be fewer and fewer chairs in the game, and a lot of unfortunate individuals who will be losers when the music is over.