“Corporations and businesses that consider establishing their headquarters in Fort Worth want to be in areas where employees can find great schools for their children,” [BNSF Railway Executive Chairman Matt] Rose said. “This city is fortunate to have a strong network of private, charter and religious schools. But this will be an even better city […] Read more
“Powerful forces have united in Fort Worth to build literacy among the city’s youngest residents. There is no more fundamental building block for success than literacy — and that’s as true for a city as it is for individuals. What’s most impressive about the Fort Worth literacy project is that so many segments of the […] Read more
… (Fort Worth Mayor Betsy) Price, Fort Worth schools Superintendent Kent Scribner and Matt Rose, executive chairman of BNSF Railway, are leading the Fort Worth literacy project, which aims to have 100 percent of the Fort Worth school district’s third-grade students reading at grade level by 2025. “We want our students ready to read so they […] Read more