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 […]
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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 […]
Proposed New Changes to Social Studies Standards Rewrite History, Promote Fringe Political Arguments
Proposed New Changes to Social Studies Standards Rewrite History, Promote Fringe Political Arguments McLeroy Targets Instruction on Religious Freedom, Civil Rights, Progressive Era FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2010 New changes a Texas State Board of Education member wants to make to proposed curriculum standards represent a stunning rewrite of American history on issues ranging […]
Clergy Call on SBOE to Promote Religious Freedom
Proposed Social Studies Standards Downplay Constitutional Protections Separating Religion and Government FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 12, 2010 An interfaith group of clergy today called on the State Board of Education to stop downplaying constitutional protections for religious freedom in proposed new social studies curriculum standards for Texas public schools. “Our Founding Fathers understood that the […]
New Dunbar Comments Highlight Extremism on Texas State Board of Education
New Dunbar Comments Highlight Extremism on Texas State Board of Education Public Education, Religious Freedom, Obama Targeted in Radio Interview New public comments from a Texas State Board of Education member make clear the need to bring academic experts back into the process of revising social studies curriculum standards for public schools, Texas Freedom Network […]