Nevertheless, Cantrell says advantages outweigh disadvantages because the virtual campus allows the university to expand to more people, especially on the graduate level. Beginning with this issue of Fiscal Notes, we are printing comments, letters and e-mails from our readers. Our chamber always looks forward to using important facts from your office in our monthly newsletter. We feel our members enjoy this valuable information as a benefit to their membership. I n October, my Texas School Performance Review team won the Innovations in American Government award sponsored by the Ford Foundation and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Nothing is more important than education.
The TSPR was one of 10 innovative programs nationally to win the awards. The program deserves this recognition for the schools it has served and for the Comptroller employees who have dedicated so much effort to it. But, in my role as the state's education watchdog, I am challenging our schools even more. We will double the number of reviews to 10 this fiscal year and 20 next year. This will ensure that this help goes to our inner-city kiddos who need it the most.