Sarah Madden Fowlkes, 35, first made headlines after posing for her mugshot with a beaming smile, despite being accused of having an improper relationship with one of her students.
The deadline for Texas families to apply​ for Texas Education Freedom Accounts is on March 17.
Many students have applied for the new Texas school voucher program, but some question whether the program will benefit low-income families after seeing early application statistics.
Of the more than 160,000 families who have already applied for Texas's new school voucher program, data shows that 76% said they were not already in the public school system.
Houston ISD had far more voucher applicants than any other Texas district, according to the data. Fort Bend ISD also saw a large number of resident families apply for state-funded accounts.
Students have applied from across the state, but most are clustered in urban areas, including Houston, San Antonio and Dallas.
Hundreds of families in Bryan, College Station and surrounding Brazos Valley districts have applied for Texas Education Freedom Accounts.
More than 160,000 students have applied for Texas Education Freedom Accounts, the state’s new voucher-like program that gives students public money to pay ...
Inspired by Mississippi, more states are holding back third graders who struggle to read. But a new research paper shows that this policy can have harmful long-run consequences for those students.
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