AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas State Board of Education’s preliminary vote today to approve minimally revised social studies standards first adopted a dozen years ago is a surrender to political pressure from those opposed to teaching the truth about the state’s history and diversity. […]
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Statement: Judge Rules Harris County Polling Locations Stay Open Until 8 PM
Houston, TX — After several polling locations across the third largest county in the nation opened late this Election Day, Judge Dawn Rogers has signed off on an order to extend voting until 8 pm in Harris County following a lawsuit from Texas Organizing Project. This will affect 782 voting locations and ensure our communities […]
Texas Rising Action Announces Field Campaign Focused on Young Voters for Final Weeks Leading Up to Midterm Elections
Beginning on October 19 and running through the final weeks of the midterm election cycle, Texas Rising Action will conduct an extensive paid field program to turn out young voters across Texas and ensure their voices are heard in November. […]
Texas Board of Education Fails to Update Standards From A Dozen Years Ago During Special Meeting
AUSTIN, Texas – The State Board of Education held a special meeting yesterday to revise current social studies standards to include requirements called for by the law passed under SB3 during the last legislative session. The State Board of Education had the opportunity to vote on amendments that would help improve the standards, but instead, […]
Campaign of Falsehoods and Misinformation Helps Derail Texas Social Studies Overhaul
Far-Right Groups Poison Overhaul with Culture War Objections, Demands to Sanitize History and Reject Inclusive Standards AUSTIN, Texas – An array of far-right groups today helped derail months of work on the first major overhaul of Texas social studies standards in a dozen years with a misleading and poisonous culture war campaign. After the State […]
