As we near graduation season for hundreds of thousands of Texas high schoolers and the legislature nears the final weeks of its 2025 session, business leaders are asking how well-prepared students are.
Taylor Landin is a policy advisor at the Greater Houston Partnership, which is one of more than 50 organizations, businesses, and educational consortiums who signed a letter to state government demanding accountability in public schools.
“The kids that are in classrooms today in our public schools are the workforce of tomorrow,” Landin told ABC13. “We have to ensure that they are receiving an education that prepares them to enter the workforce career, college, military ready, and that we’re able to meet the needs of future business leaders in this state.”…