Kathy Miller

Blogs
May 21, 2013
Dan Patrick Announces End to Pro-Islamic CSCOPE -- Main Supporter, in Celebration, Yells Out 'Yeehaw!'
Months after becoming one of the favored bogeymen among certain right-wing circles, it appears CSCOPE, as a lesson framework used in nearly 900 school districts around the state, is no more. State Sen. Dan Patrick held a press conference Monday morning announcing that he had received a letter from t ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2012
Vouchers on the Front Burner: New Texas Senate Education Committee Chair Talks "School Choice"
New Chair Dan Patrick is making his mark on the Senate Education Committee early, putting his goals for school choice front and center on his agenda. The clamor over school choice will likely drown out many of Patrick's other goals for the session: expanding career and technology courses; dropping ... More >>
Film
October 11, 2012
T for Textbooks
A new doc explores the Texas Board of Education's fight against science, history.
Blogs
June 12, 2012
Texas Freedom Network: SRO Crowd Hears How To Get The Crazies Off The State Board Of Education
The Texas Freedom Network has one litmus test when it comes to electing members to the State Board of Education: Do they love public education? Sure, the question sounds a sappy, but the State Board of Education was stacked, for a number of years, with those who had nothing but contempt for those t ... More >>
Blogs
July 19, 2011
Texas Science Textbook Wars: Ed Board Slashes Time for Public Comment
The always entertaining spectacle of the State Board of Education assessing science through the filter of Jesus will be slightly less entertaining when things start up again this week, if only because the time allowed for public comments has been slashed drastically. New SBOE chair Barbara Cargill, ... More >>
Blogs
April 26, 2011
Intelligent Design Tries Again In Texas, Group Says
Evolution in the cross-hairsTexas might be getting ready to fill its science textbooks with anti-evolution material, critics are warning. The State Board of Education may soon take another step in its effort to adopt material that pushes Intelligent Design, they say. "Two years ago State Bo ... More >>