SBOE Chair Lowe’s Explanation for Dropping Jefferson from Standard Doesn’t Hold Water

SBOE Chair Lowe’s Explanation for Dropping Jefferson from Standard Doesn’t Hold Water TFN President Kathy Miller Points Out the Distorted History Promoted by Board Extremists FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 19, 2010 Texas State Board of Education chairwoman Gail Lowe’s explanation for the board’s deletion of Thomas Jefferson from world history curriculum standards is deeply disingenuous, […]

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TFN President: Curriculum Process Is Seriously Broken, Dominated by Politics and Incompetence

TFN President: Curriculum Process Is Seriously Broken, Dominated by Politics and Incompetence State Board of Education’s Actions Fail Nearly 5 Million Texas Students and Their Families FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 12, 2010 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller is releasing the following statement after a divided State Board of Education gave preliminary approval to new […]

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Texas SBOE Rejects Religious Freedom in Social Studies Curriculum

Texas SBOE Rejects Religious Freedom in Social Studies Curriculum Board Votes Down Requiring Students to Learn Founders Acted to Bar Government from Promoting, Disfavoring Any Particular Religion FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2010 The Texas State Board of Education’s vote today against requiring that students learn what the nation’s Founders did to protect religious freedom […]

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SBOE Pushes Politics in Social Studies Standards

SBOE Pushes Politics in Social Studies Standards Board Members Gut Work of Curriculum Teams FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2010 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller pointed at the blatant politicization of social studies curriculum standards today as yet more evidence that the Legislature must act to protect the education of Texas schoolchildren. “When partisan […]

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