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Texas Pro-Voucher Candidates Overcome Rural Resistance with Out-of-State Cash

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Rural Texas educators who have long opposed school choice are now bracing for it. Six of the Republican House members Abbott targeted for opposing his school choice initiative were defeated in the March 5 primary election. School choice proponents say the rapid spread of the concept in Texas and other states dismantles the perception that rural residents oppose it.

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Texas Pro-Voucher Candidates Overcome Rural Resistance with Out-of-State Cash

This story was originally published by Stateline, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts. In rural Texas, public schools are the cultural heart of small towns. People pack the high school stadium for Friday night football games, and FFA classes prepare the next generation for the agricultural life. In many places, more people work for the school district than for any other employer. For years, many rural Texas school districts, often barely …

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