Texas State Board of Education
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 [...]
Why does it take a law….
80(R) SB 648 – Introduced version – Bill Text: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to information for teachers posted on the Texas Education Agency’s Internet website. ???????BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: ???????SECTION?1.??Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 21.416 to read as [...]
Non-partisan elections for the State Board of Education?
80(R) HB 603 – Introduced version – Bill Text: ???????(b)??Members of the board are elected at biennial general elections held in compliance with the Election Code. A candidate’s name for the board may appear on the ballot only as an independent candidate and Chapter 142, Election Code, applies to a candidate for the board. ???????SECTION?2.??Section [...]
TEKS need to be in the student textbook as well
80(R) HB 77 – Introduced version – Bill Text: REQUIRED TEXTBOOK ADOPTION AND TEXTBOOK LISTS. (a) ?For each subject and grade level, the State Board of Education shall adopt textbooks that contain all elements of the essential knowledge and skills of the subject and grade level, as determined by the State Board of Education under [...]
Will 4 by 4 Solve Ysleta’s Problems?
El Paso Times – 90% of YISD students need remedial college math: Students in the 12th grade will take the Accuplacer test and administrators hope to improve on past performances.According to Ysleta records, more than 90 percent of the students taking the Accuplacer would need to take remedial classes in math before enrolling in college [...]
Alternatives to Texas 4 by 4
Here’s a guess at what Texas’ 4 by 4 will lead to. Lexington Herald-Leader | 11/20/2006 | Educator works to reduce need for remedial courses Joe Bagnoli graduated from Ashland Holy Family High School with a 3.7 grade-point average and with A’s in four years of college preparatory math courses — algebra I and II, [...]
4 by 4, a Solution in Search of a Problem
Looks like high school students are going to have to take more math and science in order to graduate. Now I’m not saying this is a bad thing, I just want to know why did the legislature require it? Having not really paid attention to House Bill 1 at the time, I’m assuming it has [...]