Last week, the State Board of Education chose to delay the Social Studies TEKS revision, wasting $200,000 of state funds allocated to workgroups while silencing the voices of our communities. Flooded with misinformation, overwhelmed by public testimony from a small, extremist group of testifiers who opposed an inclusive curriculum, the board bowed to pressure and failed to do its job. […]
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Drafts Watch: In Which we Highlight Current Proposed Standards and Recap the Last TEKS Revisions
This month, far-right culture warriors launched their newest effort to hijack the education of Texas kids with a fresh onslaught of lies and incendiary charges. But the Texas Freedom Network and our #TeachTheTruth campaign partners are already fighting back. […]
Texas Rising Action Releases Statement on New Census Data Allocating Two Additional Congressional Districts to Texas
Texas gained two new seats given new Census information. Find Texas Rising Action’s statement below: […]
Activists Move to Stop Anti-Transgender Bills in Texas Legislature
More legislation targeting transgender Texans is moving at the Capitol this week. Today TFN, Just Texas and the Transgender Education Network of Texas released the following statements. […]
TFN President Warns Against New Wave of Discriminatory Religious Exemptions Bills
Republican lawmakers in the Texas Capitol are once again pushing bills that seek to turn religious freedom into a license to discriminate. These bills are intended to slow or stop altogether progress toward equality for LGBTQ Texans. Check out our press release today. […]
