By Shan Schaffer, Texas Freedom Network’s Just Texas Program Manager According to the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE), which decides the curriculum for public education, schools aren’t required to teach sex ed, and when they do, it doesn’t have to be inclusive or medically accurate. I’m Shan, TFN’s Just Texas program manager. I’m here […]
Education
TFN Statement on Ten Commandments Appellate Ruling
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 9-8 Tuesday that Texas can require public schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. […]
SBOE preliminarily approves social studies TEKS, reading list
Your April SBOE Rundown Texas Freedom Network, our Teach the Truth coalition, Texas Rising students, and other education advocates organized a strong, unified voice in support of truthful, inclusive public education at last week’s State Board of Education (SBOE) meeting. Despite this, the Republican-dominated board did what it does best: ignored what students, families, and educators actually need […]
‘Teach the Truth’ Rally Draws Hundreds from Across Texas
The Texas Freedom Network and Teach the Truth coalition partners hosted a rally outside the State Board of Education meeting Tuesday to draw attention to proposed changes to the state’s K-12 social studies curriculum. […]
Texas Educators on why Social Studies Rules
With the Texas State Board of Education poised to massively overhaul K-12 social studies curricula this year, we want to take a step back and spotlight the voices of Texas educators explaining why social studies rules. We collected stories from passionate teachers who bring the subject to life in their classrooms. One of the first […]
