Promising Practices

Promising Practices are initiatives E3 Alliance and our partners have identified, tested, and validated. They solve some of Texas education's biggest challenges.

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Improve higher education persistence with an Early Alert System

See how two universities used data to create a personalized system to identify and support students who may need a little extra help.

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Increase postsecondary completion with more math in high school

Students who complete two math courses beyond Algebra II are three times as likely to graduate from college.

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Decrease drop-out rates of college students through Emergency Bridge Funding

Emergency Bridge Funding provide funds for students when minor financial crises arise. This is especially critical for students from low-income households who might not have extra resources available.

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Increase kindergarten readiness with full-day pre-K combined with lower student-to-teacher ratios

Students who attend full-day pre-K in classrooms with low student to teacher ratios are more ready for kindergarten than their peers who didn't attend pre-K.

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Expand access and reduce disparities by auto-enrolling highest-performing math students into advanced math pathways

Senate Bill 2124 increases access to math pathways, improves student outcomes, and reduces disparities by automatically enrolling the highest-performing math students into advanced math courses.

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Increase postsecondary graduation rates by aligning college math courses to student goals

Learn how Huston-Tillotson University refined their math requirements and saw improved their persistence and completion rates.

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Strengthen literacy with a proven framework and strategy

The Lift Literacy Up campaign improves student reading and writing at the system level. Along with regional experts, we developed guidelines to strengthen and support literacy.