In case you missed the news, the TFN Education fund on Wednesday released the results of a TFN-commissioned review of proposed social studies textbooks up for consideration by the Texas State Board of Education. The books, which will be voted on by the SBOE later this year, were reviewed by 10 scholars, including Dr. Emile […]
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Scholar Reviews Highlight Problems in Proposed Texas Social Studies Textbooks
The TFN Education Fund sent the following press release regarding proposed social studies textbooks up for consideration by the Texas State Board of Education this year. Scholar Reviews Highlight Problems in Proposed Texas Social Studies Textbooks Exaggerations, Distortions Reflect Flaws in Controversial Curriculum Standards Social studies textbooks under state consideration for public schools this […]
Got your ID to vote?
Did you know that you now have to show a very specific form ID to vote in Texas? Click to see the full image and make sure you’re ready to vote. Yup. We’re not fans of it either, but it’s the new law of the land here in the Lone Star State. You now have […]
No Surprise: Right-wing Activists Respond to Davis News with Sneering Contempt
The long-running war the religious right has waged on women and their freedom to decide for themselves whether and when to have children found a new target this weekend: the acknowledgement by state Sen. Wendy Davis, the Democratic nominee for Texas governor, that she had two abortions in the 1990s because of truly heartbreaking medical reasons. The first was […]
The Week in Quotes (Aug. 31 – Sept. 6)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
