It took just about five minutes for the State Preservation Board finally to vote today to remove the racist and historically inaccurate Confederate plaque that has been displayed at the Texas Capitol for nearly six decades. Check out our press release: […]
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#TakeItDown: State Board Must Remove Offensive, Historically Inaccurate Confederate Plaque
We’re calling on the governor and rest of the State Preservation Board to remove from the Texas Capitol the offensive and inaccurate plaque glorifying the Confederacy. The board meets on Friday (Jan. 11) to consider the issue. Check out our press release below. […]
Texas Curriculum Standards Revision an Exercise in Politicians Masquerading as Historians
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 15, 2018 AUSTIN – Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller warned that revised social studies curriculum standards for Texas public schools, given final approval today by the State Board of Education, mislead students about key topics in American and world history. “This was just an extended exercise in politicians masquerading as […]
Scholars from Across the Country Call on Texas SBOE to Correct Historical Distortions
This week the State Board of Education is set to finish its revision of social studies curriculum standards for Texas public schools. So we’ll soon know whether the board is going to fix distorted, politicized history on a number of topics in the standards — from slavery and the Civil War to civil rights and Moses. Meanwhile, nearly 200 scholars […]
Tell the Texas SBOE: #TeachTheTruth and Stop Rewriting History
Last month the State Board of Education once again turned the revision of social studies curriculum standards for Texas public schools into a political circus. Just as they did in 2010, board members ripped apart draft standards proposed by teachers and scholars. In vote after vote, they substituted their political beliefs for historical facts. Join […]
