The State Board of Education’s refusal even to acknowledge the existence of LGBTQ people in new health curriculum standards is a tragic failure to help ensure that Texas public schools are safe and inclusive for all students, Texas Freedom Network President Val Benavidez said today. […]
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National Report Card: Texas Among the States Failing Students on Climate Change
When the State Board of Education wrote new science standards for Texas public schools 11 years ago, Republican board members dismissed teaching students about climate change as “hooey” and a “political agenda.” Now as the country has become even more vulnerable to powerful storms, massive wildfires and devastating cycles of drought and flooding, the TFN […]
Public Hearing: It’s Time to Teach the Truth on Sex Education in Texas
More than 260 people signed up to testify at a public hearing today as the State Board of Education considers an overhaul of health education standards — including standards on sex education — for Texas public schools. Check out our press release. […]
In Solidarity With the Protesters: End Police Brutality and Racism
The Texas Freedom Network is united with protesters across the nation who have taken to the streets in outrage after the death of yet another unarmed African American at the hands of police. […]
Admission about Payoffs to Roe Plaintiff Exposes More Lies Fueling the Anti-Abortion Political Machine
So now the truth comes out: anti-abortion activists paid Norma McCorvey, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision in 1973, to support their efforts later in her life. Their willingness to cheat and lie to ban abortion has been exposed for all to see. Check out our press release: […]
