Politics & Policy
September 18, 2013
Who’s Who Among the State Board Of Education Hearing
Like any political battle in Texas, the ongoing fight over the evolution in the state's science classes features colorful characters worth getting to know.
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Arts & Entertainment
January 21, 2013
Don McLeroy Appears on ‘The Colbert Report’
The former Texas Board of Education chair talks creationism, textbooks, and whether man and dinosaurs lived contemporaneously on The Colbert Report.
January 21, 2013
‘The Revisionaries’ Explores the SBOE
The Revisionaries, a new documentary about the State Board of Education, received rave reviews after its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
February 3, 2012
Texas’s Controversial Science Standards Are “Mediocre to Awful”
A recent report gives the state's science standards a ‘C,’ but the State Board of Education chairwoman, a science teacher, is still “pleased.”
Politics & Policy
May 17, 2010
McLeroy wants social studies students to “evaluate efforts by global organizations to undermine U.S. sovereignty”
Not one to give up just because he has been booted from office by the voters, former State Board of Education chair Don McLeroy has proposed new additions to the social studies curriculum, which is up for adoption by the full board later this month. First I'm going to summarize
Politics & Policy
April 30, 2010
The State Board of Ed’s Final Exam
Our quiz shouldn’t be hard, so long as you’ve been paying attention. You have been paying attention, right?
Politics & Policy
April 12, 2010
Farney assails Russell in key SBOE race
Today I received a robo-call from former state senator and lieutenant governor Bill Ratliff urging Republicans to support Marsha Farney in her race for State Board of Education against Brian Russell. Ratliff’s brief message made the point that Farney had showed her commitment to public education by sending her children
Politics & Policy
March 1, 2010
Center of Gravity
Who can challenge Republicans on the State Board of Education? A different kind of Republican.
Politics & Policy
February 17, 2010
Dispatches from the evolution wars
This is my transcript of a portion of a radio debate that took place in Bryan last week between State Board of Education candidates Don McLeroy, the incumbent, and Thomas Ratliff in the Republican primary race for SBOE district 9. The district runs north from the Bryan-College
Politics & Policy
June 2, 2009
Ratliff will challenge McLeroy for SBOE post
Not former lieutenant governor Bill Ratliff. His son, Thomas. Ratliff says that the general release is timed for 8:30 a.m. but that it may be released any time this morning before that. It's 12:50 a.m. Here's the text of the release: AUSTIN - On the heels of a legislative session
Politics & Policy
May 28, 2009
McLeroy nomination fails
As expected, Senate Democrats — with Eddie Lucio present, not voting — blocked the confirmation of Bryan dentist Don McLeroy as chair of the State Board of Education. At least, everyone seemed to expect it but Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who announced after the vote that McLeroy was confirmed, until
Politics & Policy
May 20, 2009
Resurrection Day
I declared on a recent Friday podcast that Don McLeroy’s confirmation as chairman of the State Board of Education was officially dead this session, but this afternoon Senate Nominations sent the controversial Bryan dentist’s confirmation to the Senate floor for a vote. So, to quote Billy Crystal’s character in “The
Politics & Policy
April 23, 2009
McLeroy nomination stalled
After State Board of Education chairman Don McLeroy gave a shaky performance before the Senate Nominations committee Wednesday, there appears to be little interest in the Texas Senate in moving forward on his confirmation. Nominations chair Mike Jackson has said he won’t ask for a committee vote if there aren’t
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September 30, 2008
How Well Do You Know Your State Board of Education?
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