Nearly 300 Texas schools have been honored by the Texas Business and Education Coalition (TBEC) for outstanding academic achievement and will be honored in November at a San Antonio awards ceremony. Back Talk reader Kyle Rains points out the neighborhood schools singled out: Lakewood, Bonham and Hexter elementaries. Schools don’t apply for this honor; TBEC selects the honored schools based strictly on academic performance compared with other state schools serving similar student populations; a high percentage of students must meet state standards on all tests and the school must receive "commended" status from the state on all tests.