Martin Luther King, Jr. holds a prominent place in the Texas History and Social Studies curriculum standards. That’s correct, MLK is one of the most discussed and studied persons in our Texas curriculum standards passed in 2010, under the leadership of conservative Republicans. I have long been an admirer of Dr. King, so I am proud that our state is showing [...]
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, April 18, 2011
There have been a few hearings on bills that target the current role and authority of the State Board of Education. During these hearings, we hear more discussion showing that it’s helpful for everyone debating this issue to know the facts in their entirety. So we’ve set up a website for this: www.juststatethefacts.com
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
In a special article today in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, State Board of Education Member, Pat Hardy writes in support of the texas social studies standards approved in May 2010 and in support of conservative Republican Gail Lowe being confirmed by the Texas Senate this session, i.e. before the end of May. See the article [...]
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Yesterday, Jonathan Saenz with Liberty Institute spoke with Representative Rob Eissler, Chairman of the House Public Education Committee, on Texas’ Social Standards, Gail Lowe, and the Fordham Institute Report. “I continue to support the social studies curriculum standards and the work of the State Board of Education and its chair, Gail Lowe. Any questions I [...]
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Texas House Public Education Chair: I support the Texas Social Studies Standards and I support Gail Lowe. Rep. Rob Eissler expressed this to me this morning and wants to make it clear his support for both the new social studies standards and the current chairman of the State Board Of Education, Gail Lowe. An article [...]
Sunday, February 27, 2011
History News Network is now being used to push back against us on our calling out of Fordham Institute’s flawed criticism of Texas Social Studies standards. http://texaslegislativeupdate.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/fordhaminstvstexas.pdf Writers on this site say we twisted their words, etc. The truth is, they just can’t handle that it was their own exact words that we used to undermine [...]
Monday, February 21, 2011
SBOE member Pat Hardy has over 30 years of teaching Social Studies in Texas. When it comes to this topic, it’s not hard to argue that she is an “expert”. I put “moderate” in quotes because the media likes to place labels on all the Republican SBOE members only, including Pat Hardy, and the media [...]
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
NEWS RELEASE – For Immediate Release Liberty Institute Gives Fordham Institute’s Social Studies Report an F: Fordham Institute Fails in Its Inaccurate Attempt to Discredit Texas Educational Standards AUSTIN, Texas, February 16, 2011 – Today, Liberty Institute announced that the Fordham Institute’s report attempting to discredit Texas’ social studies standards receives an F due to [...]
Monday, January 17, 2011
In May of 2010, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) adopted a final version of curriculum standards for Social Studies. Yes, that was eight months ago. Still, a few groups and individuals are still using incorrect information to criticize the nine (9) Republican members of the SBOE that voted in favor of the standards. You can [...]
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