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Texas Freedom Network

  • 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

    July 14, 2011

    State Board of Education Chair Questions Faith of Fellow Board Members (Video)

    Expect some awkward moments at the State Board of Education next week as new chair Barbara Cargill defends herself against videotaped remarks she made that are now being circulated by the Texas Freedom Network. The Texas Freedom Network, which advocates for separation of church and state and oppo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    Intelligent Design Tries Again In Texas, Group Says

    Evolution in the cross-hairs​Texas 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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2011

    Creationism Group Backs Out of Upcoming Textbook Battle

    Filthy, stinking apes​The always entertaining State Board of Education is scheduled to take up biology textbooks this year, which usually means someone will be pushing to get a whole lot of creationism/intelligent design in there instead of actual science. One of the big boys in the creationi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    State Board Of Education Right-Wingers Remove The Word "Capitalism" From Textbooks

    ​If your mind, heart and stomach can stand it, you should be regularly checking in today with the live-blogging of the State Board of Education meeting that the Texas Freedom Network is doing.The board is debating what should and should not be included in social-studies texts, and, as always, thin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    George Washington Didn't Listen To No Rap Music

    Photo courtesy Texas Freedom Network​ The State Board of Education is meeting today to approve history textbooks, and that usually brings with it some entertainment.Among the worries on the left: That conservative members will insist that history has "vindicated" loony Senator Joe McCarthy.Among t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2009

    Now You Can Watch The State Board Of Education Hijinks Live!! On Your Computer

    ​Television just got a lot more entertaining this week. And we're not talking about the Jay Leno show.The State Board of Education announced today that it will be televising its committee meetings for the world to see. (A new law requires them to do so, but we like to think it's just civic-mindedn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Sex Education In Texas: What The Hell Are They Teaching?

    Photo by kyzSex education in many Texas public schools is about as effective as an open-ended condom, according to a report just released by the Texas Freedom Network.Written by a professor and assistant professor of health education, the report claims that "classroom instruction is plagued by error ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2008

    State School Board Member Cynthia Dunbar Still Bringing The Loony

    The Texas State Board of Education is a fairly obscure group of individuals, staying below the radar except for the occasional ruckus over whether evolution's a fraud or if math word problems should all include highlights from Ronald Reagan's career.That ended this fall, when an unhinged screed publ ... More >>

  • News

    November 18, 2004

    Book Learnin'

    Another year of textbook follies

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    Left Return

    Once burdened by debt and internal politics, a rejuvenated Texas ACLU is back mixing it up with those who dare to trample on the U. S. Constitution.

  • News

    October 7, 1999

    Double Image

    Does selling George W. Bush mean Mark McKinnon has sold out?

  • News

    September 3, 1998

    Rogue Elephant

    Log Cabin Republicans want to be part of the GOP, which wants no part of them

  • News

    April 10, 1997

    Letters

    Log Cabin Republicans want to be part of the GOP, which wants no part of them

  • News

    March 13, 1997

    Basic Ballard

    Donna Ballard and her Christian conservative cohorts have transformed the State Board of Education. But will they transform the way Texas teaches its kids?

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