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The Texas Urban Council brings together superintendents from our state’s largest school districts to “to transform educational practices and improve student outcomes through collaborative innovation and strategic advocacy.” Reaching this

Last month, Texas Urban Council member district Alief ISD announced the creation of The Young Women’s Leadership School, an all-girls college preparatory school serving students in grades 6 through 12,

Last month, Michael Casserly with the Council for the Great City Schools penned an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News with an unmistakable headline: “Urban schools are winning.” In the

In 2021, the Texas Urban Council established collective goals for its member school systems. One of these goals is to increase “the average percentage of students within TUC districts meeting

The mission of the Texas Urban Council of Superintendents (TUC) is “to leverage the collective power of the state’s largest urban school districts to transform educational practices and improve student

Ten of Texas’ largest urban school districts educate about 15 percent of our state’s public school students and 20 percent of the state’s students experiencing economic insecurity. The Texas Urban