SBOE Politics as Usual: Textbook Review Once Again Corrupted by Lack of Expertise

A Tea Party House Candidate, Other Unqualified Reviewers Make It Onto Textbook Review Teams Even as at Least a Dozen Texas Scholars Are Told ‘No Thanks’ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 15, 2014 A Texas Freedom Network analysis has revealed that numerous qualified scholars were bypassed for appointment to official state panels assigned to review proposed […]

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SBOE Politics as Usual: Textbook Review Once Again Plagued by Lack of Expertise

The Texas State Board of Education will vote in November on new social studies textbooks that will be in Texas classrooms for the next decade. Earlier this month, official state review panels met in Austin to vet those books. As we did during the science textbook adoption process last year, the Texas Freedom Network researched who got appointed to the […]

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SUPREME COURT’S BIRTH CONTROL DECISION REDEFINES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

SUPREME COURT’S BIRTH CONTROL DECISION REDEFINES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Allowing Employers to Impose Their Religious Beliefs on Women Turns ‘Religious Freedom’ on Its Head FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2014 Today’s Supreme Court decision allowing for-profit companies like Hobby Lobby Inc. to opt out of a requirement that employers include coverage for birth control in employee […]

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