ROGERS: Go Ahead; Close Public Schools

ROGERS: Go ahead; close public schools

Gov. Greg Abbott is following up his scorched earth removal of pro-public education Republican legislators (https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2025/01/18/rogers-texas-republicans-are-claiming-a-voucher-mandate-they-made-it-up/) with a plan to eliminate school property taxes (https://www.texastribune.org/2025/12/09/greg-abbott-schools-property-tax-cut-election-2026/), a move that could effectively dismantle the public school system as …

Rogers: Go ahead; close public school

Glenn Rogers challenges Texas leaders to confront the consequences of dismantling public education, arguing that lawmakers — not teachers or schools — bear responsibility for a system they are constitutionally required to maintain.