From today’s TFN News Clips: “Am I a religious fanatic? Absolutely. You’d have to be to do what I do.” — State Board of Education member Don McLeroy, R-Bryan, talking about how he approaches public education. Stay informed with TFN News Clips, a daily digest of news on issues involving the religious right, religious freedom, […]
Big news yesterday regarding the Texas State Board of Education: Rick Agosto, the Democratic member from San Antonio who has often voted with the board’s far-right faction on controversial issues, said he will not seek re-election to his seat next year. This news came as Democrat Michael Soto, a literature professor at Trinity University in San […]
From today’s TFN News Clips: “The culture war over science education, the teaching of evolution, is going to be there, no matter what. Education is too important not to politicize.” — State Board of Education member Don McLeroy, R-Bryan, finally being honest about turning public schools into political battlegrounds Stay informed with TFN News Clips, […]
Passing along some information about a very interesting forum on the State Board of Education coming up in Austin this Saturday, November 7: Panel on “Textbooks, TAKS, and the State Board of Education” Speakers include Mark Grayson, former textbook representative to the SBOE for Science for Holt, Rinehart and Winston, State Rep. Donna Howard (D-Austin), […]
A major education group will present the Texas Freedom Network with its 2009 National Intellectual Freedom Award this month for our efforts to help teachers counter political attacks on sound curriculum standards in Texas public schools. We are very grateful and profoundly humbled by this honor from the 50,000-member National Council of Teachers of English. TFN […]
