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Kent Grusendorf

Education activist, former state lawmaker

Kent Grusendorf represented Arlington for twenty years in the Texas Legislature, where his primary interest and focus was education. He spent his professional life as a businessman and entrepreneur. He has remained involved in education policy issues in Texas.

Latest Columns

Politics

Fear vs. principle in the Texas Legislature

By Kent Grusendorf, June 23, 2019

The 2019 Texas Legislative session was driven at least as much by fear as by principle. Without question, the surprisingly close 2018 election results for Republican statewide officials — and losses of 12 Republican House seats and two Senate seats — sent shock waves throughout the Texas Capitol.

Public Education

Real reform can close the education achievement gap

By Kent Grusendorf, May 21, 2018

Real progress in education will require a critical reexamination of school funding. Just as we adjusted from funding “telephones” to funding “communications,” through the telecommunications industry, we must shift from just funding schools to actually funding education in the education industry.