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Texas public education news and updates on our union's work, written and edited by Texas AFT staff.

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Senate Education hearings: the fast and the furious

Interim Senate hearings on the state of education and the voucher rollout leave a lot to be desired as we careen towards the start of bill filing.

SBOE Recap: a full lid on social studies

The SBOE's most recent meeting solidifies a controversial social studies curriculum.

Sep 11

SBOE Preview: Social Studies may soon be history

The State Board of Education's agenda next week will include considerations over social studies material, but the lack of public transparency has led to confusion and unresolved questions.

Aug 28

SBOE approves mandatory reading lists and one new charter: recap

Continuing coverage on the State Board of Education's actions of the past few weeks as they approve a problematic charter and controversial reading lists.

Jul 2

SBOE votes to advance problematic TEKS and literary lists: recap

A calamitous week at the SBOE sees the preliminary passage of historically inaccurate and incomplete social studies TEKS.

Jun 26

Preview: SBOE to vote on TEKS and charter schools

After weeks of public comment, the SBOE will be voting on social studies and language arts TEKS, as well as a problematic charter school application.

Jun 20

Tsunamis caused by the sun? LAST CALL for public comment window for Social Studies and Literary Lists closes June 15

Public comment window for social studies and lit lists closes this coming Monday - tsunamis and what causes them could be at stake.

Jun 12