Statewide Survey Shows Overwhelming Support for Reforming the SBOE Curriculum Revision Process in Texas Texans Also Support Comprehensive Sex Ed, Anti-bullying Policies and Reject Vouchers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2010 A new statewide survey shows Texans overwhelmingly support reforming the way the state sets requirements for curriculum and textbooks in public schools and reject […]
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Texas Ed Board Guts Instruction on Key Constitutional Protection for Religious Freedom
Texas Ed Board Guts Instruction on Key Constitutional Protection for Religious Freedom New Social Studies Standards Suggest that Separation of Church and State Is Not a Key Principle of Constitution FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2010 The Texas State Board of Education today gutted a key protection for religious freedom by suggesting in new social […]
Texas Ed Board Member Uses Prayer to Make a Political Point
Texas Ed Board Member Uses Prayer to Make a Political Point TFN President: Dunbar’s Actions Poison Good Will in Debate about What Students Should Learn about Protections for Religious Freedom FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 21, 2010 As the Texas State Board of Education prepared this morning to debate what public school students should learn in […]
Poll: Big Majority of Texas Voters See Church-State Separation as Important, Want Teachers and Scholars to Set Curriculum Standards
Poll: Big Majority of Texas Voters See Church-State Separation as Important, Want Teachers and Scholars to Set Curriculum Standards Poll Shows SBOE Out of Step with Everyday Texans, Providing More Evidence for Need to Delay Adoption of Standards, TFN Education Fund President Says FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2010 Large majorities of Texas voters believe […]
Lawmakers, Civil Rights Leaders, Parents Call on SBOE to Send Curriculum Standards Back to Experts
Lawmakers, Civil Rights Leaders, Parents Call on SBOE to Send Curriculum Standards Back to Experts Proposed Standards Put Politics ahead of Educating Texas Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 19, 2010 Lawmakers, scholars and civil rights leaders at a public rally today called on the Texas State Board of Education to send bloated and heavily politicized […]
