https://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/11/29/texas-races-to-the-top-in-education/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:59:11 -0400<![CDATA[Texas is a very big, small-government state. No place on earth is perfect, but Texas does an amazing job of leaving the law-abiding alone while dealing with crime and, according to Forbes, has managed to keep its takers-to-makers ratio viable despite the graying of America at large. The trade-off for all this, according to what&#8217;s left of the Texas left, is that we&#8217;re not properly educating the next generation because we&#8217;re not spending enough per pupil in the classroom. When Gov. Rick Perry rejected President Obama&#8217;s &#8220;Race to the Top&#8221; game because it came with tricky federal strings, the Texas left derided him and mocked him. They insist that Texas under our dullard governor is falling behind.]]>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:23:15 -0500<![CDATA[Bryan Preston]]>https://pjmedia.com/bryan-preston-1/2012/11/29/texas-races-to-the-top-in-education-n175288