The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has another story about the perils of educational publishing in Texas. It seems that a play by Peter Sagal, the host of NPR’s popular news quiz show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me, was being considered for inclusion in an end-of-course exam under development for high school English students in Texas. Then, […]
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Congress and the Texas Ed Board
We sent out the following Action Alert yesterday, calling on TFN members to contact their U.S. House members in support of a resolution on the Texas State Board of Education. Tell Your Congress Member to Support Education over Politics The Texas Freedom Network and the Texas Faith Network this week joined nearly two dozen national […]
TFN, National Groups Support Resolution
The Texas Freedom Network just issued the following press release: TFN Joins National Groups Opposing Politicization of Curriculum Standards in Texas Letter Supports U.S. House Resolution Calling for Experts to Determine Standards, Not Politicians FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 5, 2010 The Texas Freedom Network and the Texas Faith Network have joined nearly two dozen national […]
Proposed Resolution Hits Texas Ed Board
The hits keep coming. Last Friday Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas, filed a U.S. House resolution criticizing the Texas State Board of Education‘s recklessly political revision of social studies curriculum standards for public schools. The resolution has four other sponsors, all members of Congress from Texas: Solomon Ortiz, D-Corpus Christi, Ruben Hinojosa, D-Mercedes, Silvestre Reyes, […]
New SBOE Campaign Finance Reports
July campaign finance reports show that Democratic challengers in two Central Texas State Board of Education races currently have sizable funding advantages over their Republican opponents — at least on paper. But it’s still very early in the general election campaign, and one of those Republican candidates dipped deep into her own bank account to […]
