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 […]
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)
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 […]
Texas Freedom Network Statement on Senate Passage of Bible Class Bill
Texas Freedom Network Statement on Senate Passage of Bible Class Bill Senate Keeps Safeguards That Protect Religious Freedom in Public School Bible Classes FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 23, 2007 The Texas Senate today overwhelming passed a bill setting standards for public high school classes about the Bible. The bill includes safeguards for religious freedom unanimously […]
Odessa Bible Class Lawsuit a Result of Reckless Decisions by Local Officials
Odessa Bible Class Lawsuit a Result of Reckless Decisions by Local Officials School Trustees Put Their Religious and Political Agendas above the Interests of Students and Taxpayers FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 16, 2007 A lawsuit filed today over Bible courses in Odessa public high schools is the direct result of reckless decisions made by local […]
House Passage of Committee’s Bible Class Bill Is a Victory for Religious Freedom in Texas
House Passage of Committee’s Bible Class Bill Is a Victory for Religious Freedom in Texas House Wisely Rejects Efforts to Strip Safeguards from Bill FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 8, 2007 The Texas House today rejected irresponsible efforts to strip critical safeguards for religious freedom from a bill on public school classes about the Bible. The […]
