The State Board of Education’s refusal even to acknowledge the existence of LGBTQ people in new health curriculum standards is a tragic failure to help ensure that Texas public schools are safe and inclusive for all students, Texas Freedom Network President Val Benavidez said today. […]
Recent Press Releases
Extensive Texas Rising Action GOTV Efforts Focus Heavily on Young Voters of Color
With just a week to go before election day, Texas Rising Action has been been engaged in one of the largest get-out-the-vote operations focused on young Texans of color. That’s helping fuel a surge of young, progressive voters in early voting across the state. Check out our press release. […]
National Report Card: Texas Among the States Failing Students on Climate Change
When the State Board of Education wrote new science standards for Texas public schools 11 years ago, Republican board members dismissed teaching students about climate change as “hooey” and a “political agenda.” Now as the country has become even more vulnerable to powerful storms, massive wildfires and devastating cycles of drought and flooding, the TFN […]
Texas State Board of Education Rejects Teaching Students About Respect for LGBT People
Board Votes Down Proposals for Health Classes to Teach Treating Everyone with Respect, Regardless of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity […]
Advocates Call on Texas State Board of Education to Address Sex Education, Climate Change in New Curriculum Standards
The Texas Freedom Network joined with hundreds of advocates today to call on the State Board of Education to adopt new curriculum standards that provide comprehensive, inclusive information on sex education and reflect the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. […]
