Just how much did creationists gain in the battle over new public school science standards adopted in Texas this spring? Houston Chronicle writer Lisa Falkenberg points to an article from the journal Science that suggests an encouraging answer: not as much as evolution deniers hoped. As you will recall, creationists on the Texas State Board […]
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The flip side of Obama’s ‘empathy’ is apparent hatred and contempt for white people, traditional families, small business owners, evangelical Christians, conservatives, and everyone else that liberals call the ‘racist, heterosexist, nativist, Christianist, capitalist, homophobic power structure’ in America. In other words, what most of us call normal people. These radical leftists regard folks like […]
SBOE Candidate Training Update
The Texas Freedom Network Education Fund’s training for people interested in seeking election to the State Board of Education is now set for 1 -5 p.m., July 22, on the campus of St. Edward’s University in Austin. This nonpartisan training is open to everyone, regardless of political party. People simply interested in learning about what […]
Political Extremism and Curriculum Standards
In March the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) ambushed teachers and others who have been working to revise social studies curriculum standards for the state’s public schools. TPPF charged that the curriculum writing teams — made up of teachers, academics and others — were drafting standards that left out important historical figures such as George Washington […]
Save the Date: SBOE Candidate Training
We have seen over the past year more public interest in the State Board of Education than at any time since Texas Freedom Network’s founding in 1995. As the board has lurched from one “culture war” battle to another, more and more people have stepped forward to demand that the board stop putting politics ahead of the […]
