Ideas abound about how to strengthen schools, but to be successful in our policy, advocacy, and programming initiatives, we must be grounded in quality data analysis. We produce and commission objective research that guides our decision-making and serves as an essential resource to the field.
The most powerful finding from our 2021 Foundation Poll shows that Texans’ support for public schools grew, even amid the challenges of the pandemic. More than 90 percent of Texans expressed the same or more appreciation for their local schools and educators in 2020.