Don McLeroy
The problem of viewing everything through partisan glasses
EducationNews.org – A Leading Global News Source – Texas high-schoolers to learn about conservative, but not liberal, groups under new standards Board member Don McLeroy, R-College Station, offered the amendment requiring coverage of “key organizations and individuals of the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s.” McLeroy said he offered the proposal because the history [...]
So who’s going to stop them?
Star-Telegram.com: | 01/19/2008 | Evolution’s status may be debated by state board The state’s public school curriculum, called Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, says students must learn “the theory of biological evolution.” Section 3A of the biology curriculum states that students must use critical thinking to make informed decisions, including analyzing a theory’s “strengths and [...]
If they’re allowed to do whatever they want, then they didn’t break the law
More on the Texas SBOE’s rejection of a third grade math book. Now the majority has voted to strike the minority reports from the official record of the board’s minutes. It seems that while our San Antonio representative couldn’t bring himself to vote on the original matter, he has joined the majority in censoring the [...]
Because they don’t like it
Rejection of math textbook sparks debate on state board’s authority | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News The state Board of Education’s unusual decision to reject a math textbook used by Dallas and 70 other Texas school districts has evolved into a power struggle over the approval of classroom materials [...]
Texas SBOE does not support teaching of evolution
In case you haven’t heard, the Texas Education Agency has fired the agency’s director of science, Christine Castillo Comer, for forwarding an email about a talk on evolution. It also looks like the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is seriously considering approving a program that offers a Masters Degree in Creation Science. And if you [...]
Teaching them to think right
MySA.com: Metro | State Writing research papers with citations, explaining plate tectonics and probing why historians have competing versions of the past. Such high level skills could become part of the statewide K-12 public school curriculum if state education officials adopt a draft of college readiness standards released Thursday by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating [...]
Teaching them to think right
Originally posted at TexasEd MySA.com: Metro | State Writing research papers with citations, explaining plate tectonics and probing why historians have competing versions of the past. Such high level skills could become part of the statewide K-12 public school curriculum if state education officials adopt a draft of college readiness standards released Thursday by the [...]
McLeroy accepting the standard for teaching evolution?
Education board opposes intelligent design in curricula | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas Southwest Interviews with 11 of the 15 members of the board – including seven Republicans and four Democrats – found little support for requiring that intelligent design be taught in biology and other science classes. Only one [...]
McLeroy accepting the standard for teaching evolution?
Originally posted at TexasEd Education board opposes intelligent design in curricula | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas Southwest Interviews with 11 of the 15 members of the board – including seven Republicans and four Democrats – found little support for requiring that intelligent design be taught in biology and other [...]
Making Texas schools safe for conservative dogma
Critics assail Perry’s pick to head state education board Gov. Rick Perry named Bryan dentist Don McLeroy as chairman of the State Board of Education on Tuesday, a choice that created immediate controversy. The Texas Freedom Network, which is often critical of social conservatives in government and politics, quickly pointed out that Republican McLeroy was [...]