# Mike Morath

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Commissioner Mike Morath on Reform & the April 2026 SBOE Meetings

What does it actually take to move the needle on education in a state as large and complex as Texas? In this episode, we sit down with Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath — a product of Texas public schools who's been leading the Texas Education Agency since 2016 — for a candid conversation ab…

Gains seen in all subjects on STAAR tests

Texas high school students showed improvement in every subject in this spring’s end-of-course STAAR exams, the Texas Education Agency reported. The results include assessments in Algebra I, English I, English II, biology and U.S. history. The biggest improvement was in biology, with 71 percent of s…

Dan Dawer | PhD Candidate, Education Policy

The Quiet Dismantling of Texas Public Schools, with Dan Dawer Texas has taken over more school districts than any other state in the country, and a majority of those takeovers have happened in the last ten years under Governor Greg Abbott and Education Commissioner Mike Morath. The official story …

She Might Actually Beat Greg Abbott. So I Asked Her What Nobody Else Will

“Right now, education is trash.” That was the first thing out my mouth when I sat down with Gina Hinojosa, no warmup, no small talk, jumping right into it, because when your state is sitting at the bottom of the country in what it spends on a child and the top of the country in what it spends on a …

New challenge to school funding system

The Midland school district is suing Education Commissioner Mike Morath and other state leaders in another challenge to the state’s public school finance system, known as “Robin Hood,” according to The Texas Tribune. Three legal challenges over the past three decades have failed, with Texas courts …

Texas schools see little change in TEA grading

Texas public school campuses and districts received their state report cards late last week from the Texas Education Agency, with most showing little change from the previous school year, The Texas Tribune reported. Of the more than 9,000 campuses in the 2025-26 school year, 24 percent earned an A;…

Hello Houston (August 18, 2026)

On today’s Hello Houston, Dr. Zuri Dale, Assistant Vice President of Research and Innovation Initiatives at Texas Southern University, explains how the drug-resistant fungus Candida auris spreads, why there are so many cases in Texas, and how we can prevent it. Then, we discuss indoor plant care wi…

Childhood Hunger, Texas College Curriculum Changes & A-F Ratings

On this episode of Growing Up in America, Dr. Bob Sanborn and co-host Liza Gomez (Deputy CEO at CHILDREN AT RISK) discuss: Childhood Hunger: John Day, Chief Operations and Programs Officer at Kids’ Meals Inc., discusses childhood hunger in Harris County, what food insecurity looks like for young c…

MIKE MORATH: WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN TEXAS SCHOOLS?

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath joins Dan Patrick for a conversation about the challenges and changes facing Texas public schools. Morath shares the personal experience that led him to leave the private sector for public education before discussing school accountability, teacher compensat…

Texas Rebuilds History and Civics Education

Walker Wildmon is joined by Mississippi State Sen. Kathy Chism to discuss how resolutions can be used to shape public policy, including measures concerning marriage and the rainbow symbol. Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath also joins the program to explain Texas' new social studies standar…