Your child can access pornographic materials through their public school’s library. Let that fact sink in. Your child can access pornographic materials through their public school’s library. That is the reality for too many parents across the state of Texas. When an advocate attempted to read a passage from Sarah J. Maas, a popular writer of...
Kicking, headbutting, and thrown objects. The loss of an eye from a coat hangar. These are not scenes from a movie or novel, but the stories of educators, administrators, and teachers who shared their experiences in Texas public schools with the House Committee on Public Education. Texas has a crisis of discipline in its schools....
Every parent deserves transparency, quality, respect, and choice in their child’s education. That’s our mission at TPPF’s Next Generation Campaign and we’re excited to report big wins this week! Transparency & Quality: As national scores continue to show us, there is a huge gap between the TEKS (what we expect Texas children to learn) and...
In its second meeting of the year, the State Board of Education (SBOE) took three critical votes which will: improve the TEKS drafting work groups, allow better communication during the charter school application process, and protect children from obscene library materials. Improving TEKS Drafting: The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) are the state standards...