Texas District Removes Challenged Books from School Library
You may recall that a Texas state legislator named Matt Krause released a list of some 850 books that he thought should be removed from...
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Texas: Public Libraries Become Targets for Conservative Critics
Thanks to reader Kathyirwin1 for bringing this article to my attention. Egged on by Governor Gregg Abbott and legislator Matt Krause (who circulated a list...
Texas: IDEA Charter Chain Sues State Attorney General to Keep Hotel Purchase Records Secret
The IDEA charter chain is one of the largest and most aggressive in Texas. Betsy DeVos showered more than $200 million on IDEA to help...
Texas: What Do Masks, Books, CRT, and Transgender Rights Have in Common?
Since this post was written in Texas by a Texan, you may have a clue about what these diverse phenomena have in common: They are...
Sara Stevenson: Governor Abbott, Stop Smearing School Librarians!
Sara Stenson was a middle school librarian in Texas for many years. In this post, she calls on Governor Gregg Abbott to stop dragging school...
Charles Foster Johnson: Texas Governor Abbott Declares War on Public Schools and Teachers
Governor Gregg Abbott wants to win the competition to be the most immoral, dishonest, loathsome, and extremist Governor in the nation. Pastor Charles Foster Johnson,...
Fort Worth: Voters Narrowly Pass Largest School Bond Issue in the Nation
Fort Worth Independent School District mounted a campaign to pass a $1.2 billion bond issue, the largest in the nation, and it passed by 57...
Texas: Federal Judge Throws Out Governor Abbott’s Ban on Mask Mandates
Governor Gregg Abbott, like some other Republican governors, banned mask mandates, preventing school districts from exercising local control about how best to protect their students....
Texas: IDEA Public Schools Have Run Amuck, and No Excuses Exist for the State’s Unyielding Support
You may remember IDEA as a free-spending charter chain in Texas. A few years ago, IDEA got negative publicity when its board of directors decided...
Texas: The Smell of Burning Books is in the Air
The heated debate over “critical race theory,” “indoctrination” and “socialism” in the schools, and attacks on teachers for teaching books like Beloved has unleashed the...