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We are friends of Texas Public Schools


Leslie and Scott Milder are the founders of Friends of Texas Public Schools, a nonprofit organization committed to educating Texans about the strengths and achievements of Texas public schools.

The Milders founded Friends in 2004 in response to the incessant, often mean-spirited criticism leveled against our public schools. While they don’t argue that there will always be room for improvement, they believe that improvement will happen faster and at even higher levels when we lift up educators and students through words of encouragement rather than criticism.

Encouraging Words

  • “In today’s mail I received your posters and promptly displayed them in my school’s front.
    Darla Nolen
    Principal, Sam Houston Elementary, Corsicana ISD

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