Local school districts are doing what they can, and some have gotten very creative in finding non-education funding for these cleanup projects. But they can't fix the whole fleet without the state's help.

School buses are the safest way to get our children to school, but that doesn't mean they're perfect. The older the bus, the dirtier the exhaust that gets inside the cabin. And Texas has a lot of old buses.

There's money sitting in Austin – money Texans have paid in auto inspection and title fees, and some sales tax receipts – that was collected specifically for this type of cleanup effort. We need the Legislature to see that this is one of the most tangible air quality projects it could fund. They need to free up the money needed to protect the health of our kids.

It is clearly absurd to limit the term 'education' to a person's formal schooling.

Public education was not founded to give society what it wants. Quite the opposite.

She got on with her education. In her opinion, school kept on trying to interfere with it.