In the Texas Republican Primary election yesterday, challengers and “moderate” Republicans took their best shot at conservatives and largely lost, many of them losing by big numbers in Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) races. The media and left-wing groups have become obsessed with who’s a “conservative” and who’s a “moderate” Republican on the SBOE. [...]
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Today is election day and while most of the focus is on the U.S. Senate seat, the Texas State Board of Education, particularly the Republican primary races, have also been getting a lot of attention. For U.S. Senate, Ted Cruz and David Dewhurst have both received some headliner endorsements while Tom Leppert has continued to stay [...]
Monday, November 21, 2011
With all 15 State Board of Education (SBOE) seats on the ballot next year, there will be a lot of talk about the SBOE, particularly by the liberal media and the extreme liberal group Texas Freedom Network, known for regularly losing battles at the SBOE. Through the election season, we can certainly count on both [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011
Not So Fast! Just days after a member of academia released a report criticizing isolated parts of the K-12 Texas Social Studies standards adopted last year, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has set the record straight. Extreme Austin liberal groups, like Texas Freedom Network, attempted to credit the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) with [...]
Friday, November 11, 2011
Veterans & Their Families Protected in Texas by Liberty Institute: At Liberty Institute we were honored to win a huge religious liberty case in Houston at the VA Cemetery where “God” was being banned at military funerals, in additiona to other hostile attempts censor religious expression. Details here http://www.libertyinstitute.org/ Teaching on Veterans Day Prevails in [...]
Monday, July 25, 2011
As part of our continued coverage of the recently completed legislative session, we will be releasing a series of sit down interviews we did with key conservative legislators that had an impact on important issues during the session. Our first interview is with Rep. Wayne Christian who is one of the leading conservative voices in the [...]
Friday, July 22, 2011
Victory! SBOE unanimously votes to require changes to errors in science materials, related to evolution, before adoption. Austin Liberals fail again.
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Grade 5 science materials approved. Grade 6 science materials approved. Grade 7 science materials approved. Grade 8 science materials approved. High School: Chemisty publisher gets requirement to change errors before it can go into classroom High School Physics: approves commissioners recommendations. High School Integrated Physics and Chemistry: approved. Now to … Biology: Holt publisher, motion [...]
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
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 1, 2011
While the 82nd Texas Legislative session has ended, our work at the Texas Capitol has not. Over the coming days, we will be providing recaps of the main issues and votes from throughout the session. Our first video is a recap of the major issues from the legislative session. Check back on the blog frequently as we [...]
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