Next Thursday, the State Board of Education will have a public hearing and vote on science materials for Texas classrooms. You’ll recall that in 2009 that the SBOE voted almost unanimously (13-2) for science standards that teach critical thinking skills to students and allow them to analyze, evaluate and examine all sides of scientific theories, [...]
Friday, July 10, 2009
Update: Opposition is in full panic mode: I don’t like to say “I told you so”, but the usual small group of Austin critics are already unleashing their fury on Gail Lowe, loosely throwing around words like “personal beliefs” and “creationist” (unsubtle code words for their targeted attack on Lowe for her religious beliefs) in their unhinged verbal attack of [...]
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Click here for our summary. http://texaslegislativeupdate.com/2009/06/04/texas-legislatve-session-summary-taxes-rejected-family-values-protected/
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Call YOUR STATE SENATOR NOW AND ASK HE/SHE TO : SUPPORT DON MCLEROY FOR SBOE CHAIRMAN-he’s been under attack by one Austin fringe group for his personal religious beliefs and statements he made at church at Sunday school. SUPPORT THE CHOOSE LIFE LICENSE PLATE as an amendment to HB 300. Sen. Carona will proposed the Choose [...]
Thursday, May 21, 2009
1. Don McLeroy, State Board of Education member, needs your help to be CONFIRMED as chairman of the SBOE, which requires a 2/3rds of the 31 Texas State Senators to vote in favor of him. His nomination as chairman was approved yesterday bythe Senate Nominations committee. Don McLeroy has been unfairly attacked by some because [...]
Monday, March 30, 2009
Click here for more details on this huge VICTORY regarding Science, censorship, and evolution. http://texaslegislativeupdate.com/2009/03/30/setting-the-record-straight-on-science-correcting-some-misleading-media-reports/ Click here for more analysis. http://texaslegislativeupdate.com/2009/03/27/surprise-science-censorship-not-over-yet/
Monday, March 23, 2009
This Wednesday is the last chance for Texas Citizens to SAVE TEXAS SCIENCE! Click here for TALKING POINTS https://www.freemarket.org/Legislature_Issues_SBOEtalkingpoints.aspx The State Board of Education (SBOE) has their last hearing on that day and the final vote on the “strengths and weaknesses” language for all science theories will be taken the following day. Click here for [...]
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Rep. Wayne Christian has filed HB 4224. Click Here for Press Release. representative-wayne-christian-supports-strong-science This bill bascially confirms that the 20 year standard of teaching the “strengths and weaknesses” of all scientific theories, including evolution, in public school will continue. In January, by one vote, the SBOE voted to remove the words “critique” and “weakneses” from the [...]
Monday, February 16, 2009
Advocates of censorship don’t want you to click this link. Scientists included from Harvard, Duke, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Texas, Texas A & M. Baylor, Rice… http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-download.php?command=download&id=660 Now the legislature wants to gut the State Board of Education’s power for taking up this debate on Science. Apparently, some legislators oppose discussion and questioning in Science class [...]
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