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Texas State Board of Education Puts Strident Anti-Evolution Critics on Science Standards Review Panel

Posted on October 15, 2008 (December 4, 2015)

Texas State Board of Education Puts Strident Anti-Evolution Critics on Science Standards Review Panel Two Authored Anti-Evolution Textbook, Presenting Serious Conflicts of Interest FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 15, 2008 AUSTIN – Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller today sharply criticized the inclusion of three strident evolution opponents, including two authors of an anti-evolution textbook, on a […]

Creationists Launch First Strike against Evolution in Texas Science Standards

Posted on October 15, 2008 (March 16, 2016)

UPDATE: TFN Insider has been getting heavy traffic from folks looking to read more about the battle over teaching evolution in Texas public schools. Why does this debate over public school science curriculum standards matter outside Texas? Publishers will use the new standards to create new textbooks. Because Texas is such a large market for […]

Shining the Light on SBOE Races

Posted on October 14, 2008 (February 3, 2022)

Texas State Board of Education elections rarely get much attention. But with the adoption of new science standards and textbooks next year, races involving some members of the far-right faction on the SBOE this year have garnered more interest than usual. In recent days, a number of articles and op-eds have been published across Texas […]

Postcards from Alaska IV

Posted on October 10, 2008

An investigation that the Texas-based Liberty Legal Institute tried unsuccessfully to block has concluded that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, broke the law when she fired her state’s public safety commissioner. The commissioner had refused to fire a trooper who was Palin’s former brother-in-law. The investigator’s report is available here. […]

A Problem with Geography or the Truth?

Posted on October 10, 2008 (March 18, 2016)

Does the vice chairman of the Texas State Board of Education have a problem with geography? The Beaumont Examiner is looking at whether David Bradley — a 12-year member of the state board’s powerful far-right faction — has been telling the truth about whether he really lives in the board district he represents. To maintain eligibility […]

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Texas State Board of Education Puts Strident Anti-Evolution Critics on Science Standards Review Panel

Creationists Launch First Strike against Evolution in Texas Science Standards

Shining the Light on SBOE Races

Postcards from Alaska IV

A Problem with Geography or the Truth?

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