Sen. Patrick Discusses Chair of Senate Education

Sen. Dan Patrick, R- Houston, acknowledged he might want to be chair of Senate Education, noting Sen. Florence Shapiro (who has announced she is not running for re-election) has done an outstanding job as Chair and he has “learned a lot sitting at her elbow.” He argues a college degree shouldn’t necessarily be the primary goal for all students.

 

Discussing full day Pre-K and if there is really a need for 12th grade – hear more of his discussion at Thursday’s TribLive conversation: http://www.texastribune.org/texas-news-media/triblive/triblive-dan-patrick-on-education/?utm_source=texastribune.org&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Tribune%20Feed:%20Main%20Feed