Epic Fail for Voucher ‘Expert’ in Texas School Finance Lawsuit

On Tuesday the lawsuit trial in Austin over how Texas finances its public schools featured one of the national leaders of the private school voucher movement. Testimony from Joseph Bast, the president and CEO of the pro-voucher Heartland Institute, should be instructive for Texas legislators preparing for battle over vouchers in the current session. That’s […]

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New TFNEF Report: Texas Public School Bible Classes Teach Races Come from Noah’s Sons, Biblical Literalism, 6000-year-old Earth

In 2007 the Texas Legislature passed a law encouraging the state’s public schools to teach about the influence of the Bible in history and literature. Schools can do that either by weaving such instruction into existing social studies and literature courses, or they can create full courses about the Bible. Today the Texas Freedom Network […]

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FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT 2007 LEGISLATION UNDERMINES STUDY OF BIBLE IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS

FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT 2007 LEGISLATION UNDERMINES STUDY OF BIBLE IN TEXAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS Study Shows Bible Courses Plagued by Insufficient Teacher Training, Religious Bias, Poor Instructional Materials FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 16, 2013 While the number of Texas school districts teaching courses is increasing, widespread failure to implement key guidelines passed by the Legislature has […]

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More Nonsense from Abstinence-Only Fanatics: ‘Drug-Based Sex Ed’

Abstinence-only activists are increasingly concerned that more and more school districts in Texas are moving to sex education policies that include medically accurate information on condoms and other forms of contraception and STD prevention. Their latest worry: Round Rock Independent School District just north of Austin. The lawyer/lobbyist for Free Market Foundation Liberty Institute Texas […]

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