My name is Erin Davis Valdez, and I’m an education policy director at Texas Public Policy Foundation. I’m here to support HB 1605 both from the perspective of its value as good education policy and also from my perspective as a former educator and administrator.
Matthew McCormick’s Testimony to the Texas State Board of Education
When evaluating works for inclusion in the curriculum, only two factors should be considered: 1) the suitability and age-appropriateness of the work, and 2) its usefulness as a tool to teach literacy and literature. I am pleased to report that the Texas Education Agency has recommended a course of texts that achieves both of these...