2008 Veritas, Issue 4

December 23, 2008

Inside this issue: Texas v. California, homeowners' insurance and charter school successes

“Sermon on the Mound” Shows Need for TEA Curriculum

One could only laugh at the news report by CBS 5 in Austin this week citing “concern over a “Bible infused public school curriculum in Texas.’” According to the reporter, one of those “concerns” is that students would be taught about the “Sermon on the Mound.” Here’s what it said: Insert your own baseball joke...

August 15, 2024

K-12 Education

Amarillo teachers make the most of high-quality instructional materials

At Eastridge Elementary School, Principal Genie Baca’s teachers have enough challenges. Their students are mostly refugees, recent immigrants from countries such as Somalia, Yemen, Vietnam and Burma, among many others. The parents are often shift workers at local meatpacking or poultry processing facilities, meaning that no one’s home to ensure the children are fed and...

July 1, 2024

Foreign Policy

AMLO Profundiza la Corrupción en México con Nuevas Reformas Judiciales

Aquellos de nosotros que hemos presenciado el descenso de México bajo el régimen de Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) hace mucho que nos hemos resignado a esperar lo peor. Sin embargo, la desenfrenada imprudencia gubernamental exhibida en este mes de septiembre, en la superposición de treinta días entre la presidencia saliente de AMLO y la...

September 13, 2024

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