Center for Public Policy Priorities Archives - San Antonio Report

Texas ranks 41st in over-all well being based on a 2018 study.

Report: Texas Among Worst-Performing States for Children’s Well-Being

by Roseanna Garza June 17, 2019

Texas 41st in overall child well-being based on measures of health, education, and economic well-being, up from 43rd in 2018.

An online budget simulator recently launched by the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County demonstrates how working-class families struggle to balance their budgets.

Report: 1 in 5 Texas Children Living in Poverty

by Roseanna Garza November 15, 2018November 15, 2018

Children play a game of catch not far from the stage. Photo by Scott Ball.

As Deadline Looms, 27,000 Bexar County Children at Risk of Losing Health Insurance

by Roseanna Garza December 4, 2017January 31, 2020

A teacher at Stewart Elementary, which received an Improvement Required rating by the State, works with students in reading class. Photo by Scott Ball.

State and Federal Budgets Skimp on School Funding

by Bekah McNeel April 1, 2017April 2, 2017

Construction workers pour concrete for the outside of the Mays Family Center. Photo by Kathryn Boyd-Batstone

Business & Tech

Dallas Fed Report Says Jobs in the Middle Declining in Texas

by Shari Biediger January 20, 2017January 31, 2020

Cover illustration for the 2016 State of Texas Children Report. Image courtesy of Center for Public Policy Priorities

Education, Gov & Politics, Health, Lifestyle

State of Texas Children: Big Gaps from Bad Policy

by Bekah McNeel April 13, 2016October 7, 2016

A student writes out a poem at a poet workshop hosted by Naomi Shihab Nye at Lanier High School. Photo by Scott Ball.

Texas Supreme Court to Hear School Finance Case on Tuesday

by Bekah McNeel August 31, 2015February 28, 2018

Heman Marion Sweatt Travis County Courthouse

After the School Finance Ruling: What Does it Mean for Texas?

by Chandra Kring Villanueva August 29, 2014February 6, 2019