2:00 – The state board resumed testimony about a half-hour ago. Various state legislators are currently speaking to the board, calling for a delay in final adoption of the standards until teachers and academics experts are able to conduct a formal review of changes made over the last three months. 2:25 – State Rep. Trey […]
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Ralliers Call for Education over Politics
Hundreds of supporters of public education rallied this afternoon in front of the Texas Education Agency, calling for social studies curriculum standards based on sound scholarship, not political agendas. Inside the TEA building, members of the State Board of Education heard testimony on proposed social studies standards that educators, scholars and others call bloated and heavily […]
Live-Blogging the Social Studies Hearing II
11:23 – Kelly Shackelford, head of the Liberty Institute/Free Market Foundation, the Texas affiliate of the far-right Focus on the Family, is up. Shackelford argues that the words “separation of church and state” aren’t in the Constitution. Neither, we might say, is “fair trial,” “separation of powers” “checks and balances” and other basic constitutional principles. […]
Live-Blogging the May Social Studies Hearing
A live video webcast of today’s hearing is available through the Texas Education Agency website. 9:10 – Public testimony on the proposed new social studies curriculum standards just began. First speaker: the Rev. Stephen Broden, who’s arguing that social studies students must learn the Judeo-Christian heritage of the nation. His testimony is right out of […]
TFN Insider Keeps You Informed on SBOE
TFN Insider will be blogging live from the State Board of Education meeting this week as board members decide what the next generation of Texas public school students learn in their public school classrooms. The Wednesday public hearing begins at 9 a.m. and is likely to last all day and into the evening. The Texas […]
