Texas is a national leader in education reform and student achievement. Through our college- and career-ready standards and assessments, strong school accountability, and a focus on educator development, we have created an education system that prepares our students for success after graduation.

According to a study by Achieve Incorporated, Texas is the first state to make a college-prep curriculum the standard coursework in high school, starting with this year's ninth grade class.

ISIS represents the worst threat to freedom since Communism!

I am proud to live in a country with an African-American president. But President Obama cannot be proud of the fact that the prevalence of black poverty has actually increased under his leadership. The specific policies advanced by the president and his allies on the left amount to little more than throwing money at the problem and walking away.

We find ourselves in what I consider to be the most challenging, difficult, threatening time since World War II because of this War on Terror.

You don't want to ruin a kid's life for having a joint.

How does the richest country in the history of the world fail to pay its bills?