Terri Leo
June 7th, 2010
Here are two excellent opportunities to learn what is really in the newly adopted Texas Social Studies standards (TEKS):(1) Audioclip by Dr. Blanche Brick, Chairman of Social Studies Department, Blinn College, Bryan, Texas...
May 9th, 2010
Dr. Hornsby has once again shown her brilliance. She is accurate in her reporting on all counts. Many on the conservative side have believed the media, and have reported wrongly on this issue. I am convinced that we narrowly...
January 14th, 2010
The State Board of Education will take a vote today on new standards that will influence Texas public school history textbooks. The liberal watchdog group, Texas Freedom Network, is worried about the vote:
September 28th, 2009
An Associated Press article explains the proposal for Texas public schools to remove a mention of Christmas in the sixth-grade social studies plan and replace it with a Hindu religious festival.The draft proposal being...
June 17th, 2009
Conservative citizens throughout the state of Texas are building a vocal campaign against the menacing House Bill 4294, which passed the State Legislature in its recent session. It is imperative that we come together and...
June 1st, 2009
HB 4294, which has just been passed in both the Texas Senate and the House, will divert state funds from textbooks to unproven instructional materials based in technological equipment.
May 17th, 2010
The article below reflects a fight between liberals who would like to employ revisionist history for their own purposes and those who seek to truthfully portray the history of our country. For far too long our history...
April 28th, 2010
Finally we have a reporter that actually read the "original document". You would think actually reading the document you are reporting on would be taught in Journalism 101, especially in light of the fact that it is the...
October 3rd, 2009
A fifth grader from Ector County Independent School District in Odessa, TX was recently told to memorize the Declaration of Independence. But there was one hitch- an essential word had been altered.The true text of the...
September 20th, 2009
This video gives a good overview of the controversies regarding Texas public schools. Great job Neal Fry and Don McCleroy. You both were excellent!
June 4th, 2009
Please join citizens in appealing to Governor Perry to VETO HB 4294, which is a poorly conceived bill. Governor Perry is the only hope for preserving authority by our elected representatives in the State Board of Education...
May 23rd, 2009
Please call and email your Senators (if you do not know who your state senator is you can look it up here) Ask them to amend HB 4294 on the floor of the Senate so that the State Board of Education will have authority over...