One Effective Way for Improving Public Education in Texas That

question 18

Multiple Choice

One effective way for improving public education in Texas that Democrats, Republicans, and Tea Partyers support is

• A) literacy tests for teachers.
• B) issuing vouchers.
• C) reducing the number of required end-of-course tests from 15 to 5.
• D) increasing pay for teachers.
• E) allowing school districts to drop the algebra II requirement for graduating high school seniors.

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