Joe Waldron, the new Superintendent of Abilene ISD, answers 15 Rapid Fire Questions about Texas and then we dive into:
-How the school voucher law has affected public education;
-How the billions of new construction for data centers affect public education funding;
-How public education is really funded in Texas...first the taxpayers, then the state general funds, explained in an easy way to understand;
-How AI is being implemented into schools and has changed how teachers teach and students learn;
-How the ban on cell phones in schools has played out;
-What the future of Abilene ISD holds for the next 3-5 years.