Texas Education

         I was very intrigued as a future educator by Burka Blog's article called "A response from Michael Williams."  Burka wants his audience to know that Texas has become outstanding at having good education.  Since Governor Perry has been on board he has caused schools to have testing scores higher than the national average.  He has helped Texas lay a strong education standard and had more students be in AP classes.  Texas has also achieved being the 2nd high state of graduation from high school in the nation.  

         Furthermore, I believe that his article is intended for readers who think that Perry isn't doing a good job in comparison to California's education.  Michael Williams who is the commissioner of education tells us all of the facts of how great Texas is doing.  He wants us to commend Perry on raising curriculum standards and implementing a new accountability program for schools.  

    Overall, this article was a fresh breath of air since the immigration crisis. The articles credibility is 100% because he gives us actual percentages of 36.4 of African and Hispanic children doing well on AP exams.  He claims that Texas education is not only doing well but soaring within the nation according to the facts. The evidence he uses is from several sources such as, the College Boards 10th annual report to the nation and the NAEP.  

      In conclusion,  I wish that the article allowed direct links so I could few the college boards report and the NAEP.  I think the readers would enjoy looking at our progress and seeing how far Texas education has come.  I would have also liked a little bit more of comparison throughout the article with California.  I agree with Michael because he uses facts and knows first hand because he is the commissioner of education.  I would also like to know if Texas lowered the quality of their tests and education which allowed us to get higher or if our test have stayed the same or gotten harder.  I also hope that teachers aren't just teaching on how to take the tests and are actually educating our children.