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Betsy Price

Mayor, Fort Worth

Betsy Price was elected in 2011 as the 44th mayor of the City of Fort Worth. In 2016, she founded Read Fort Worth, a coalition of business, civic, education, philanthropic, nonprofit and volunteer leaders to ensure that 100 percent of Fort Worth third-graders are reading to learn — not learning to read — by 2025.

Latest Columns

Public Education

Without early childhood education, the Texas Miracle won’t last

By Betsy Price, Kara Waddell and Libby Doggett, April 25, 2018

If you are worried about the workforce of tomorrow, look no further than at the infants and toddlers of today. The most efficient and cost-effective workforce training is to enhance and strengthen programs that serve our youngest children, birth to age five.

Higher Education

Partnering for Texas students

By Vistasp Karbhari, University of Texas at Arlington, Betsy Price and Angela Robinson, May 10, 2016

To reach Texas' ambitious college graduation goals, our cities, counties, school districts and two-year and four-year college systems will have to make radical changes in the way we share information and collaborate to guide students through their college years.