Because of redistricting, all 15 seats on the Texas State Board of Education will be up for grabs in the November 2012 elections. The results of those elections will determine whether the religious right’s corrosive influence over public education will weaken or grow as the board considers what the next generation of public school students […]
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
TFN President Tells Senate Education Committee to Stop Wasting Time on Voucher Schemes State should be focused on real issues facing Texas education system FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 24, 2012 AUSTIN — The president of the Texas Freedom Network today warned members of the Senate Committee on Education that costly, unaccountable school voucher schemes will […]
Later this morning we’ll be at the state Senate Committee on Education hearing that will take up school vouchers. As we told you yesterday — and as we’ll be telling the committee today — vouchers are always a bad idea. But at time when school district budgets have been slashed, a scheme that drains even […]
The Texas Freedom Network is celebrating 17 years of fighting the good fight in Texas. Thanks to you and TFN’s network of more than 50,000 supporters, there is much to celebrate. On October 21, you’re invited to join us in Austin for TFN’s Epic Evening. In addition to a cocktail hour where like-minded Texans can […]
