The State Board of Education’s two-year overhaul of science standards that ended today offered another distressing example of how politics continues to trump teaching about science — and especially climate change — in Texas, Texas Freedom Network President Val Benavidez said. […]
Recent Press Releases
Politics Trumps Health and Education in Texas Textbook Adoption
The Texas State Board of Education voted today to adopt new health textbooks from just one publisher after critics attacked all of the textbooks for content — even in optional units — that addressed topics related to sex education. Digital textbooks for elementary and middle school offered by three other publishers failed to win approval. […]
‘Dumpster Fire’: Republican Texas State Board of Education Members Surrender to Anti-Sex Ed Hysteria, Move to Reject All Proposed Health Textbooks for Grades 6-12
The State Board of Education’s move on Tuesday to reject all health textbooks proposed for middle and high school students in Texas represents a big step backward for responsible sex education and a shameful surrender to fearmongering, Texas Freedom Network President Val Benavidez said today. […]
Texas Climate Scientists to Education Board: Strengthen Coverage of Climate Change in Public School Science Standards
Open Letter Comes as Board Nears Final Vote on First Major Overhaul of Science Standards in 12 Years FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas – Dozens of Texas scientists who study and teach about climate change have signed on to an open letter calling on the State Board of Education to improve on […]
Texas Rising Action Releases Statement on Failure of Prop. A
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 2, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Rising Action, the youth organizing arm of the Texas Freedom Network, today congratulated Austin voters for seeing right through the Republican-front group Save Austin Now and rejecting Austin’s Proposition A at the ballot box. Texas Rising Action Senior Director Rae Martinez released the following statement: […]
