Two-thirds of Texans lack confidence in state's public schools, poll says

From The Texas Tribune: More than two-thirds of Texas residents say their confidence in the state's public schools ranges from shaky to nonexistent, according to a University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll; 26 percent express "complete" or "a great deal" of confidence in the public schools; 31 percent say they have "hardly any" or "very little" confidence. The other 42 percent say they have "only some confidence" in the primary system for educating the state's children.