As we reported Monday, a new report prepared for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board slams the State Board of Education (SBOE) for their politicized, factually challenged re-write of social studies curriculum standards last year. The report is worth a read to see just how extensive the damage was to those standards — and to […]
Our friends at Thompson & Knight, LLP and the Houston Society of the Archaeological Institute of America have asked us to extend an invitation to TFN members and supporters in the Houston area to attend an event next week: The First Wild, Wild West: Jamestown Archaeology and the Origins of Modern America featuring Dr. Bill […]
TFN PRESIDENT: NEW REPORT CONFIRMS TEXAS SBOE’S FAILURE ON CURRICULUM STANDARDS Report for Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Says New History Standards Fail on College Readiness FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2011 A new report for the board that manages higher education in Texas confirms that the State Board of Education (SBOE) recklessly put politics […]
Yet another report confirms just how badly the Texas State Board of Education botched the revision of social studies curriculum standards last year. Short version: the new standards will fail to prepare students for college-level work. It should be obvious even to impartial observers that the heavily politicized state board is wrecking public education in […]
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 […]
