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Textbooks a Texas Dentist Could Love - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com

A conservative activist is working to correct what he sees as the liberal bias of the experts who write American history and science textbooks. More...

American History Revised in Texas « The Sensuous Curmudgeon

It's almost creepy how prescient we were when we first started writing about the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) and their crusade to reform the teaching of American history. But it's quite understandable, really. ... More...

NFL.com Blogs » Blog Archive West Texas A&M adapts to weather for ...

Inclement weather? No indoor facility? No problem for West Texas A&M. The school had to hold its pro day about 40 miles from its Canyon campus on Thursday, moving it to Amarillo to use an indoor arena. There were 14 teams on hand, ... More...

Meet The New Texas Social Studies Requirements | Right Wing Watch

The New York Times reports on the changes made to Texas' Social Studies curriculum that have been forced through by the right-wing members of dominate the state Board of Education: The conservative members maintain that they are trying ... More...

Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Texas Board Of ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The Texas State Board of Education preliminarily adopted new social studies standards Friday after days of heated debate marked by race and politics, shaping what teachers will be required to cover in social studies ... More...

Texas Ed Board Adopts Right-Wing View of History « Larry Miller's Blog

The Texas State Board of Education preliminarily adopted new social studies standards Friday after days of heated debate marked by race and politics, shaping what teachers will be required to cover in social studies, ... More...

Dallas, Texas Named as Location for Solar Power International 2011 ...

Dallas, Texas Named as Location for Solar Power International 2011 Emerging Solar Market to Serve as Location for Conference and Trade Show Managed by Solar. More...

KLRU > klru blog > Ways to watch Texas Music Extravaganza

Ways to watch Texas Music Extravaganza. March 12th, 2010. If you're not in the Central Texas viewing area you can watch Texas Music Extravaganza streaming live from this blog. Check this space tomorrow at 7pm to join in the fun. ... More...

Texas ed board adopts new social studies standards that reflect ...

The Texas State Board of Education preliminarily adopted new social studies standards Friday after days of heated debate marked by race and politics, shaping what teachers will be required to cover in social studies, ... More...

Texas A&M faces Kansas in the semifinals of the Big 12 tournament ...

College Sports Blog - Dallasnews.com provides the latest coverage, including commentary and blogs, of Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, SMU, TCU and other colleges. More...

Whitehouse, Texas WR Trey Metoyer Commits To Oklahoma - Crimson ...

Whitehouse, Texas WR Trey Metoyer Commits To Oklahoma! More...

Pat Dollard | Young Americans | Blog Archive » Mexican Navy ...

The mounting death toll and crisis of fear in cities across from the Texas border have drawn global attention, as has a news blackout in affected cities due to the kidnappings of eight Mexican journalists, at least one of whom was ... More...

Legal Writing Prof Blog: update on U. Texas legal writing program

Yesterday the law faculty at the University of Texas approved doubling the credits for the required legal-writing courses and cutting the student-faculty ratio in half. Credits will go from 2 to 4, and the student-faculty ratio will go ... More...

Texas BOE Member Walks Out As Racists Take Over - Charles Johnson ...

Texas State Board of Education member Mary Helen Berlanga walked out of the meeting today, in protest over the Republican religious fanatics' attempts to turn sociology into a “whites only” course. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A longtime State ... More...

Textbooks in Texas - Jesus Creed

As Texas goes, so goes public school textbooks in the USA. The debate is about "balance" and about "fair description" of history and about conservatives wanting their point of view in the textbooks, and a Dr. Don McLeroy is a. More...

Mike Leach Insane Rant Against Texas Tech Team (Video) | Bumpshack.com

Former Texas Tech football coach Mike Leach is seen in this video, obtained by Orangebloods.com under the Freedom of Information Act, going off on his Red. More...

A district court order vacating a Texas arbitration award and ...

A district court order vacating a Texas arbitration award and ordering a new proceeding can be immediately appealed. More...

Texas Toast: Saluting Quentin Tarantino - indieWIRE

Texas Toast: Saluting Quentin Tarantino - While the Austin film scene was born out of energy harnessed by Richard Linklater more than twenty years ago, it was apparently bolstered on a sidewalk in Southern California. More...

Deposition Begins in Mike Leach's Lawsuit Against Texas Tech ...

Deposition Begins in Mike Leach's Lawsuit Against Texas Tech - NESN University - NESN.com. More...

Texas History Standards axe Jefferson for Aquinas and Calvin. « a ...

From the Texas Freedom Network via Ed Brayton: 9:45 – Here's the amendment [Cynthia] Dunbar changed: “explain the impact of Enlightenment ideas from John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire, Charles de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, ... More...