?Education is not a partisan issue. Not everybody in one party is completely sold on one approach.'' *
?Rob Eissler, Texas House Representative
?Education Legislation Struggle Breaks Old Alliances, Builds New Ones,? The Texas Tribune
28%
The percent of graduating students from high poverty schools (which have a 68% graduation rate) that go on to college
?Are High-Poverty Schools Educating the Poor to Remain so?,? Huffington Post
* This quote does not necessarily represent the views of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute