Sentences with phrase «texas education board»

The Revisionaries showcases how public education has become the latest battleground in a new wave of cultural, religious and ideological clashes, with local Texas education board members advancing agendas of Creationism and other religious issues in public schools.

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David Barton is a history consultant for the Texas State Board of Education.

Just ask the Pharaohs, Popes, Crusaders, politicians, Klansmen, anti-abortionists, Imams, Texas Board of Education members, Spanish conquistadors, etc etc etc..

Or freedom from religion, but there was once an article that had Texas» Board of Education trying to make Thomas Jefferson vanish from the history books, and was he not the one who believed in «separation between church and state» as well... anyone not believing me is free to spend a few seconds to do some web searches... the articles are out there... or people can remain in ignorance, but then they still won't feel any more blissful or happier...

Now, on the other side, look up what the Texas board of education has been trying to do in Texas public schools for the past several years.

The Texas Board of Education is considering targeting history textbooks that promote a «pro-Islamic, anti-Christian» point of view, The Dallas Morning News reported.

In Texas, the Appropriations Committee is talking about budget cuts across the board rather than increasing the education budget.

I suffer from living in Texas where lay midwives are licensed by the Dept of Health midwifery board and so many laypeople are completely clueless as to their lack of professional standards / education.

CEUs approved by: Texas Nursing Association, American College of Nurse - Midwives; International Childbirth Education Association, Midwifery Board, Texas Dept. of Health

Laura Palmer Office: State Board of Education District: 6 City: Houston County: Harris1 State: Texas Election date: 11/08/2016 Elected: No

Hugo Noyola Jr Office: State Board of Education District: 1 City: Houston County: Harris State: Texas Election date: 11/08/2016 Elected: No

Hugo Noyola Office: State Board of Education District: district 1 City: El Paso County: Webb, El Paso State: Texas Election date: 11/08/2016 Elected: No

On March 23, AAAS joined prominent Texas scientists in asking the Texas State Board of Education to reject anti-evolution amendments to its draft state science standards.

Long a proponent of including nonscientific creationism in the biology curriculum, the Texas State Board of Education last week further illustrated its willingness to sacrifice accuracy for ideology by excluding Thomas Jefferson from a list of influential historical figures.

While reading Ungar, I could not help but think about Don McLeroy, a man who vexed scientists and educators for the first decade of this century in his roles as a member and then chair of the Texas State Board of Education.

The outcome rests with the Texas State Board of Education, whose 15 members will decide in November whether to accept newly drafted biology textbooks, which may contain creationist arguments.

The efforts of some members of the Texas State Board of Education to mandate the teaching of creationism is the latest chapter in the ongoing struggle between science and religion in the US (5 October, p 7).

Indeed, rational argument seems strangely absent from campaigns such as the one waged last year in Texas, which demanded that the state board of education ditch texts that fail to teach the «weaknesses of evolutionary theory.»

It was a 13 to 12 vote in the Texas board of education.

Of all the scary movies you may see this month, none will be more chilling than Scott Thurman's documentary about the Texas State Board of Education.

I don't think this is going to be so much a review as much as it is a rant on the manipulation of the Texas Board of Education to make textbooks feel more in - line with their personal religious beliefs.

Due to redistricting, every position on the Texas State Board of Education is up for election on the November 2012 ballot.

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath made this comparison at a recent meeting with the editorial board as a way of...

This focus on outcomes has its roots in her experiences in Texas, where during the 1980s and 1990s she was chief lobbyist for the Texas Association of School Boards and worked on several education improvement efforts piloted by business leaders, including a commission headed by billionaire H. Ross Perot.

Alma A. Allen, a retired Houston public schools administrator and current member of the Texas state board of education, has been...

After state auditors investigated the school's operations, however, the Texas Education Authority concluded that Prepared Table had overstated its attendance at a cost to the state of $ 1.3 million; that it had commingled school funds with those of Reverend Wilcox's church; and that it was governed by virtually the same board members as the church.

The Texas board of education has approved a new set of standards that will be used to create reading and English - language - arts materials for the fall of 2010.

Board members voted 9 - 6 on May 23 to reject a set of standards that working groups of teachers had approved and that had been posted online by the Texas Education Agency on May 15.

He is also a life member of the board of directors of the Texas Business & Education Coalition.

Texas has enough open - enrollment charter schools for now, says the state board of education, which is asking the legislature not to raise the cap on such charter schools when it convenes next year.

Just watch the documentary The Revisionaries, which chronicles the Texas State Board of Education's efforts to include creationism in public schools.

The Texas Board of Education's decision to allow school districts to buy a videodisk - based science curriculum with state textbook funds will encourage traditional publishers to step up their efforts in the electronic media, experts said last week, but it is unlikely to signal the end of printed textbooks in the schools.

College enrollment data come from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board web site and are available for the years 2002 through 2005.

The 16 - state Southern Regional Education Board released the report last week as part of a new effort to improve accountability in the region by studying the successes and failures of its member states, which stretch from Texas and Florida as far north as Delaware.

This document is drawn up by a group of curriculum experts, teachers, and political insiders appointed by the 15 members of the Texas Board of Education, currently five Democrats and ten Republicans, about half of whom have a background in eEducation, currently five Democrats and ten Republicans, about half of whom have a background in educationeducation.

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Partners include representatives of the following institutions and organizations: American Institutes for Research, Cambridge Education, University of Chicago, The Danielson Group, Dartmouth University, Educational Testing Service, Empirical Education, Harvard University, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, National Math and Science Initiative, New Teacher Center, University of Michigan, RAND, Rutgers University, University of Southern California, Stanford University, Teachscape, University of Texas, University of Virginia, University of Washington, and Westat.

She currently serves as part of a board / committee member of Latinos for Education, was recently appointed by Governor Abbot to serve in the Continuing Advisory Committee for Special Education and is on the Board of Directors for the Texas Charter Schools Associaboard / committee member of Latinos for Education, was recently appointed by Governor Abbot to serve in the Continuing Advisory Committee for Special Education and is on the Board of Directors for the Texas Charter Schools AssociaBoard of Directors for the Texas Charter Schools Association.

Texas board of education President Geraldine Miller moderates a meeting to discuss the adoption of textbooks.

A unanimous state board of education in Texas has endorsed the concept of teaching evolution by way of adopting 11 new biology textbooks, all of which cover the politically sensitive topic.

The Texas State Board of Education has voted unanimously to open the state's textbook - selection process to people who want to speak in favor of a particular textbook.

The Texas textbooks, most of them from major publishing houses, were written to align with instructional standards that the Board of Education approved back in 2010 — with the explicit intention of tugging social studies teaching to the right.

Skillern - Jones is serving her second consecutive term on the HISD Board of Education, and represents the District on the Texas Association of School Boards» Board of Directors.

Alexandria, Va. (November 3, 2015)- The National School Boards Association (NSBA), joined by the Texas Association of School Boards Legal Assistance Fund (TASB LAF) and five other leading education groups filed a «friend of the court» (amicus) brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin (UT), urging the Court to uphold the Fifth Circuit Court's decision in favor of the university.

Perhaps one of most widely publicized examples of school boards acting courageously to push back on some of these regressive policies comes from Texas where 520 boards of education and their superintendents fought the implementation of 15 end - of - course high school standardized tests that were part of a state education reform package.

Pete is well known for his interactive workshops on «Leadership» at NECC; the National Charter Schools Conference; National School Boards; IBM Palisades, Tech Forum conferences in NYC; Chicago; and Austin, Texas, as well as the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE.

Paula outlines the potential impact of the Texas State Board of Education decision on SAT and ACT performance, end - of - course exams in Texas schools, and student eligibility for the Texas Top Ten Percent Plan.

Alexandria, Va. (June 9, 2015)- The National School Boards Association (NSBA), joined by the Louisiana School Boards Association (LSBA), the Mississippi School Boards Association (MSBA), the Texas Association of School Boards» (TASB) Legal Assistance Fund, and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), filed a «friend of the court» (amicus) brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (LA, MS, TX) in support of the school district in Seth B. v. Orleans Parish School District.

After a brief welcome by TCSA Executive Director David Dunn, Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath kicked off the day with remarks and provided some information on his background which includes serving on the Dallas School Board for four years, attending a public magnet school in Garland and graduating from college in two years, starting a software company, and his work with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters Program.

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