Texas school districts are spending hundreds of millions without board approval, did the state make it easier to do more of it? If your school district spent $870 million without board approval, would you call that efficiency or a governance failure? That’s not hypothetical, it’s happening right now.

School board meetings have become battlegrounds—but most parents still have no idea how much power these elected officials actually hold over their kids’ education.

Texas local governments come in all sizes, but is there a “right” size?

Some jurisdictions are so small they fly under the radar, but these invisible governments shouldn’t go without accountability.