It looks like the Lone Star State’s reputation as a hotbed of anti-science fanaticism is about to be reinforced. At least six creationists/”intelligent design” proponents succeeded in getting invited to review high school biology textbooks that publishers have submitted for adoption in Texas this year. The State Board of Education (SBOE) will decide in November which textbooks to […]
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More About the Claims That Pro-Choice Advocates Brought Feces and Urine to the Texas Capitol…
Remember our post about disputed claims that pro-choice advocates brought jars of feces and urine to the Texas Capitol earlier this month to protest legislation that could effectively ban abortion throughout much of the state? Religious-right groups and their legislative allies have used those claims to smear the citizens who went to the Capitol to […]
Biology Textbook Review Week in Texas
Teams made up of educators, parents and other community members from around Texas are meeting in Austin to complete their reviews of textbooks and other instructional materials in science that publishers have submitted for the state’s public schools. The teams are meeting to determine whether the proposed materials conform to the state’s Texas Essential Knowledge […]
The Week in Quotes (July 21 – 27)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
#FAIL: Dan Patrick Petition Brags About Passing Anti-CSCOPE Bill He Hasn't Passed Yet
UPDATE: Sen. Patrick’s website petition about CSCOPE was updated early Friday evening with a partial correction regarding the status of SB 41. By around midnight, however, the petition had disappeared completely from the website. *** We have some unsolicited advice for Texas state Sen. Dan Patrick: If you’re going to brag about passing a bill […]
