Texas: Insanity Erupts at School Board Meetings Over Critical Race Theory
Under the combined influence of Donald Trump and Governor Gregg Abbott, a considerable number of Texas parents have become convinced that their public schools have...
Category : Texas
Texas: Teachers Told to Teach “Opposing Views” of Holocaust and Slavery
As part of the Republican effort to eliminate teaching about slavery, racism, and other injustices, the state has banned “critical race theory” and requires teaching...
Texas: The District Needed Funding for More Schools. Instead, the Commissioner Opened More Charter Schools
Enrollments in the Cleveland Independent School District in Texas was growing rapidly. Voters passed bond issues, but it wasn’t enough. The superindent turned to the...
John Tanner: Why Do Politicians Cling to Failed Education Policies?
John Tanner is a blogger in San Antonio. In this post, he asks a question that I have asked myself many times: Why do ”reformers”...
Public Health Specialist: The Ban on Abortion in Texas
A friend who works in a government health agency sent me the following thoughts about the Texas abortion ban. The bill does not permit abortions...
Texas Eliminates Accountability in Charter Schools for ELLs and SPED
Texas has gone overboard for charter schools, even though they consistently post worse results than public schools. In the state’s new plans, charter schools will...
Dana Milbank: Texas Shows What a Post-Democracy Society Looks Like
Dana Milbank is a regular opinion writer for The Washington Post. As a native Texan, who still has strong emotional ties to the state, I...
Texas: School Cancels Award-Winning Elective in Government to Avoid Conflict with New “Critical Race Theory” Law
The McKinney, Texas, school district canceled its successful Youth and Government elective course. Officials feared that the program might violate the state’s new law forbidding...
Texas: Disability Advocates File Federal Lawsuit Against Governor Abbott’s Masking Ban
In Texas, a federally authorized organization filed a federal lawsuit to block Governor Greg Abbott’s ban on masking mandates. Abbott has repeatedly said that the...
Texas Supreme Court Rejects Gov. Abbott’s Intervention, Allows Districts to Mandate Masks, for Now
CNN reported last night that the Texas Sypreme Court denied Governor Gregg Abbott’s effort to intervene in a court case overruling his decision to block...