So why is it hard to take right-wing critics of the CSCOPE curriculum system in Texas seriously? Check out this recent newspaper advertisement published by a Tea Party group near Austin: “The schools have declared war on our children in the form of C-SCOPE curriculum — COMMUNIST, MARXIST, PROGRESSIVE, LEFTIST DOGMA, PROPAGANDA, AND INDOCTRINATION at […]
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Texas Senate Committee Passes Anti-Sex Education Bill
The Texas Senate Education Committee this morning approved Senate Bill 521, a measure that — if passed by the Legislature — would undermine the ability of school districts across the state to offer sex education. We reported about the Senate hearing on SB 521 last week here. Click here for a fact sheet on SB […]
Anti-Sex Ed and Anti-Birth Control Bills on the Move in the Texas Legislature
4:30 p.m., March 12, UPDATE: We just got word that HB 649 has been removed from the House State Affairs Committee’ s Wednesday meeting agenda. *** The right’s war on sex education and women’s access to birth control continues at the Texas Legislature. Two key bills on those issues face important steps in the legislative […]
The Week in Quotes (March 3 – 9)
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. […]
Not with a Bang, But with a Whimper
The wait is finally over. After months of promises and grandstanding, Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, with only hours remaining before the bill-filing deadline, finally fulfilled his pledge to file a school voucher bill. If you’ve been listening to Sen. Patrick since last August, you would think that this moment would be met with fanfare and […]
