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 […]
From today’s TFN News Clips: “The noose has tightened around the necks of Christians to keep them from speaking out on certain moral issues. And it all was embodied in something called the Hate crimes bill that President Obama said was a major victory for America. I’m not sure if America was the beneficiary. … […]
The 2010 primary elections are in March, and candidates are lining up in a number of races. So we wanted to post this reminder on our comments policy: Because of TFN’s nonprofit, tax-exempt status, TFN Insider posts and comments cannot endorse or oppose particular candidates for election. There is no restriction against discussing the relative […]
From today’s TFN News Clips: “[M]ost of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches. I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of the innocent whether they get it by going door to door or by purchasing it from […]
