We have already documented the contempt many Texas State Board of Education members have for expertise in making decisions on curriculum standards. We noted one example Thursday, when far-right board members rejected any more formal input from teachers and academics on proposed new social studies curriculum standards. On Friday Thursday the board also weakened the role […]
Don McLeroy
Talking Points
From today’s TFN News Clips: “I think he doesn’t understand what we’ve done. If he depended on the San Antonio newspaper and the Austin American Statesman and the Texas Freedom Network — they make us out to be awful sometimes.” — Texas State Board of Education member Don McLeroy, blaming the board’s poor reputation on […]
Talking Points
From today’s TFN News Clips: “Am I a religious fanatic? Absolutely. You’d have to be to do what I do.” — State Board of Education member Don McLeroy, R-Bryan, talking about how he approaches public education. Stay informed with TFN News Clips, a daily digest of news on issues involving the religious right, religious freedom, […]
Talking Points
From today’s TFN News Clips: “The culture war over science education, the teaching of evolution, is going to be there, no matter what. Education is too important not to politicize.” — State Board of Education member Don McLeroy, R-Bryan, finally being honest about turning public schools into political battlegrounds Stay informed with TFN News Clips, […]
Rehabilitating Joseph McCarthy?
To the abundant evidence showing that ideologues and non-historians shouldn’t be deciding what students learn in their history classrooms, add another exhibit: far-right efforts to use our kids’ classrooms to rehabilitate the image of Joseph McCarthy and turn him into an American hero. Sadly, that’s what some members of the Texas State Board of Education and […]
