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Attention Texas Conservatives: All Conservative State Board of Education members are under attack by liberals and moderates in this Texas Primary Election 2012. We MUST fight back. The following article is just one example of the deception and attacks that conservative SBOE members are facing. Is there something in the water over here? This is the second article I have written this week about a southeast Texas candidate lying. Just a couple of days ago, I posted this story: Please DON'T Re-elect Mike Hamilton He LIED to us! - Vote FOR James White State Representative - Early Vote NOW -...

AUSTIN — Texas public school children risk getting tainted with a pro-Islamic/anti-Christian bias in their textbooks, according to a resolution the State Board of Education will consider next week that's likely to fan emotions already running high across the country. “If Christians and Judaism gets pushed aside, parents and people don't like it because it's not accurate. It's not true,” said Don McLeroy, R-Bryan, one of the board members supporting the resolution. Critics of the resolution contend the bias perceptions either are inflated or invalid. And they point out the lack of objections seven years ago when the social studies...

There is a runoff for District 10 School Board election this Tuesday. Marsha Farney has sent out some rather slick mailings, the latest targeting her opponent. Below is just such an example of one where she compares her opponent to Obama. In fact, her own husband contributed $2300 to Obama's campaign while she sent out this ad trying to negate her opponent by being too alike Obama. Brian Russell is actually a genuine conservative and I find the tactics of Marsha Farney quite unbelievable - almost Democrat like if I may say it! Marsha Farney's political mailing accusing her staunchly...

SBOE District 10 Runoff: Experts or Citizens The State Board of Education (SBOE) continues to be the focus of (liberal) media attention and denigration. The allegations seem to be that a majority of the the SBOE refuses to listen to the "educational experts" on some issues. Yesterday a Democratic State Senator said he would introduce legislation next year to abolish the SBOE because he disagreed with recent decisions of the board. He cites the "social conservatives" on the board for decisions regarding social studies curriculum. These decisions were made at a time when the votes on those issues were...

AUSTIN, Tex. — After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism,

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White entered the State Board of Education controversy Tuesday, saying experts should review some 100 changes made by the GOP majority. History professors and social science teachers proposed new curriculum standards for Texas public schools. The board changes, many of them controversial, came from on overly political process, White says. "Individual school board members are no doubt sincere in their beliefs, and some of the changes can be debated by reasonable people. But, under the leadership of another extreme Rick Perry appointee, the amendment process injected politics into our school books and classrooms," said Bill White....

<p>McALLEN — State Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa announced Tuesday he plans for file a bill next legislative session to abolish the State Board of Education.</p> <p>Citing recent media reports about the board’s decisions on updates to the state’s curriculum standards for social studies, Hinojosa accused the board in a written statement of “shaping an extreme, if not myopic, view of social studies material to be used in Texas schools.”</p>

An Education for Freedom By Brian Russell, SBOE District 10 CandidateWhere are we as a nation? (Are you ready for a little “tough love”?) We have a Congress that thinks its OK to trample our Constitution underfoot and “deem” a bill passed rather than voting on it because they are ashamed to have a roll call vote that puts their name on the bill.We have an imperial President that thinks its OK for him to dictate to you what healthcare you are able receive.We have a Supreme Court on which sit at least four justices can’t seem to read the...

As Texas Goes, So Goes the Nation on Textbooks By: Dr. Charles Garner and David Klinghoffer The Washington Examiner April 8, 2009 Texas last week was the scene of a stirring illustration of democracy at work as the State Board of Education (SBOE) set itself the task of revising standards for science education, debating fundamental controversies in biology, paleontology and chemistry. The radioactive topic of evolution was the center of attention. When the dust settled, the resulting vote left Texas with the most advanced science standards on evolution of any state in the country. As you can imagine, many “experts”...

Education board may take conservative turn on reading, writing standard AUSTIN - The State Board of Education, an elected body with a history of fierce ideological debates about textbook content, now wants to put its stamp on the curriculum that guides the instruction of 4.4 million Texas schoolchildren. At its meeting Thursday, the 15-member board is expected to scrap a curriculum revision process dominated by teachers and the Texas Education Agency and discuss a new timetable for revising the English reading and writing standards. Many on the board want to replace a student-centered curriculum that calls on students to use...