A Republican Congress instituted the first federally funded private school voucher program, the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, in the District of Columbia in 2004. The program was a political victory for far-right groups and individuals such as voucher sugardaddy James Leininger of Texas. But it looked likely to fade out of existence due to the efforts […]
Education
Texas has an increasingly diverse public education system with a public school enrollment of more than 5 million. Unfortunately, that public education system is also the target of right-wing extremists seeking to privatize our neighborhood public schools and push a culture-war agenda in the classroom.
To that end, Texas Freedom Network tirelessly fights for Texas public school students at the Capitol — opposing private school voucher legislation, sticking up for students’ freedoms, advocating for truthful, censorship-free lessons and textbooks, and more. We’ve also conducted groundbreaking research into what is taught in classrooms on subjects like sex education and religion.
Resources
- Teach the Truth: Texans United Against Censorship in Education
- Can This Class Be Saved? The ‘Hobby Lobby’ Public School Bible Curriculum (2014 report)
- Reading, Writing & Religion II (2013 report)
- Sex Education in Public Schools: Progress in the Lone Star State (2011 report)
- Just Say Don’t Know: Sex Education in Texas Public Schools (2009 report)
- The State Board of Education: Dragging Texas Schools into the Culture Wars (2008 report)
- Reading Writing & Religion: Teaching the Bible in Texas Public Schools (2006 report)
- Broken Promises II (2001 report)
- Broken Promises: Charter Schools in Texas (2000 report)
What Happened to ‘Thou Shalt Not Lie’?
The Free Market Foundation, the Plano-based Texas affiliate of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family, has a new pitch for donations — and don’t expect much in the way of truth. Near the top of the list of whoppers in Free Market’s letter is a claim of victory in a lawsuit over a Bible class offered by […]
SBOE Must Comply with the Law on Bible Class Standards
SBOE Must Comply with the Law on Bible Class Standards Lawmakers Passed Curriculum Requirement to Protect Districts, Taxpayers and Religious Freedom of Students FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 27, 2008 Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller today called on the State Board of Education to comply with legislation passed last year that requires specific content curriculum […]
Odessa Lawsuit Agreement Confirms TFN Warnings about Deeply Flawed Bible Course
Odessa Lawsuit Agreement Confirms TFN Warnings about Deeply Flawed Bible Course Schools Using Flawed Curriculum Put Taxpayers at Risk FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 5, 2008 Today’s agreement to remove a widely marketed Bible curriculum from Odessa public schools confirms that the curriculum is deeply flawed and threatens the religious freedom of students, the president of […]
Recorded Lecture Reveals New Texas Education Board Chair’s Hostility To Science, Religious Tolerance
Recorded Lecture Reveals New Texas Education Board Chair’s Hostility To Science, Religious Tolerance McLeroy Characterizes Evolution/’Intelligent Design’ Debate as Clash Between ‘Orthodox Christians’ and Others FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 7, 2007 A recorded lecture reveals that the new chairman of the State Board of Education harbors a shocking hostility to both sound science education and […]
