TFN President: SBOE Resolution Sends Strong Message Against Private School Vouchers State Board of Education Joins Texas House in Slamming the Door on Vouchers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 19, 2013 The State Board of Education voted 10-5 to pass a resolution by board member Ruben Cortez, D-Brownsville, calling on the Texas Legislature to reject any […]
SBOE REVIEW OF CSCOPE CURRICULUM SYSTEM ALREADY RAISING RED FLAGS State Board Members Appear to Be Moving Down the Same Road That Forced Legislators to Act in 1995 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2013 The president of the Texas Freedom Network warns that the State Board of Education’s coming review of a curriculum product used […]
Another anti-Sharia measure received a surprise hearing in the House State Affairs Committee on Wednesday, even though there was no advance notice for the hearing. HJR 43 is a constitutional amendment by Dan Flynn, R-Van, stating that a “court of this state may not enforce, consider, or apply any religious or cultural law.” Strangely, the […]
Bill Would Force Texas Colleges and Universities to Look the Other Way When Faculty or Students Engage in Bogus ‘Scientific’ Research into Creationism FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 17, 2013 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller today called on members of the Texas Higher Education Committee to reject a bill that would protect “intelligent design”/creationism as […]
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
