What Texas education needs for its third century

As Texas looks ahead to the start of its third century, the state needs to prepare future generations to succeed. That will require improvement in three key areas, writes contributing columnist William McKenzie.Twenty-two-year-old Cristian Medina is the first in his family to go to college. The Skyline High School product graduated from the University of North Texas at Dallas in December with a business degree. Now he is pursuing an MBA.

We need to graduate native Texans with the credentials that will ready them for a successful career. That’s especially so for students who represent underserved populations.Here are three recommendations for state leaders, including from the nonprofit world and private sector, to pursue better educational outcomes as our state heads toward its third century.First, provide the fundamentals of a quality pre-K-through-12th grade education.

Deckard credits her advisor at Townview for playing a pivotal role in guiding her toward colleges that catered to her interests in pre-law and political science. The advisor, she says, continued to support her even after graduation and started to navigate college enrollment at UNT Dallas. Without adequate advisors, underperforming students, particularly in low-income schools, might get slotted into thinking only about low-wage jobs. Or their advisors’ minimal expectations may put them onto postsecondary paths that require little of them.All four are all first-generation college graduates: Juarez from Texas Woman’s University, Trejo from UNT Dallas, Valadez from Texas A&M University and Kehinde from the University of Texas at Austin.

Helping students understand costs particularly can matter. “We focus a lot on college access,” Valadez observed, “but we don’t focus enough on degree completion.”

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