The Austin American-Statesman has a long profile of Texas State Board of Education chairman Don McLeroy today. The College Station dentist explains his opposition to evolution and his insistence that students learn there are “weaknesses” to this core scientific concept. On the other side of the debate are prominent scientists, such as David Hillis of […]
We have just seen the first legislative vote aimed at reining in the Texas State Board of Education. Yesteday the Texas House Public Education Committee unanimously passed House Bill 772, which would require that state board meetings be streamed live over the Internet in video and audio. We released the following statement from Texas Freedom Network […]
House Committee Passage of SBOE Broadcast Bill Is Key Step in Shining Light on Politicization of Education Policy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2009 The House Public Education Committee today passed House Bill 772 by Donna Howard, D-Austin, which would require that State Board of Education meetings be broadcast live by audio and video over […]
It’s bad enough that Texas is failing teens by promoting ignorance about responsible pregnancy and disease prevention in sexuality education classes. But is it really too much to ask that public policy-makers and assorted pressure groups not wallow in ignorance as well? Our new report on sexuality education reveals that more than nine in 10 public school districts in […]
From a report about a new study: Those states that … consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds. “Some of the people who are most outraged turn out to be consumers of the very things they claimed to be outraged by,” […]
