Opinion
School choice’s Texas-size victory(The Daily Signal) – Republican primary voters in Texas sent a clear message on Super Tuesday: “We want school choice!” The Texas House of Representatives last year failed to… Read More
School Choice
School choice candidates win big in Texas Republican primary(The Center Square) – Candidates who support school choice won big in Republican primaries Tuesday night in Texas. The majority of Republican primary voters also passed a nonbinding proposition supporting… Read More
Public Education
Texas school board votes to keep challenged books in elementary libraries against parents’ wishesA Texas school board voted 6-1 to keep two trans-themed picture books in elementary school libraries. The Denton Independent School District Board of Trustees decided to retain Jacob’s New Dress… Read More
Courts
Two more school districts sued for electioneering(The Center Square) – More public-school districts are being sued for allegedly using taxpayer resources to instruct staff to vote against school choice candidates in the Republican primary election regardless… Read More
Public Education
Superintendent at second Texas school district faces electioneering allegations after audio revealedThe superintendent for another Texas school district faces allegations of electioneering in the Republican primary, after a school reform activist released audio of the alleged incident. The Heartlander previously… Read More
Culture
Hulu rejected Texas church’s ad twice – until a law firm asked why(The Daily Signal) – Hulu has reversed its decision to reject an advertisement for a Texas church’s weeknight service, after spurning it twice as being “religious indoctrination.” The Fort Worth, Texas-based… Read More
2024 election
Majority of Americans, Texans support Trump border policies(The Center Square) – With President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both visiting Texas on Thursday to advocate for their respective border and immigration policies, polls show that… Read More
Public Education
Legal group demands DA investigation of alleged Denton ISD election law violationsA public interest law group is demanding a district attorney investigate claims that officials at the Denton (Texas) Independent School District engaged in illegal electioneering. The Liberty Justice Center (LJC)… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Watch: Accuracy in media investigations reveal rot in Texas higher ed(The Daily Signal) – Public universities in Texas are in the sights of the latest undercover investigation by the Accuracy in Media team to reveal schools’ flagrant disregard for the law… Read More
Public Education
Report: teachers ran LGBT education program at Dallas school without approval(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An LGBTQ program that partnered Dallas Independent School Districts (ISD) teachers with a local transgender care-providing clinic was never approved by Dallas ISD officials, documents obtained… Read More
Border, Missouri
Gov. Parson requests $2.3M in sending 200 Missouri Guard members to Texas border(The Center Square) – Republican Gov. Mike Parson issued an executive order Tuesday declaring a state of emergency in Missouri to send members of the Missouri National Guard and Highway… Read More
Border
Bill would require feds to reimburse Texas for border security costs(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Roger Williams, a Republican from north Texas who served as Texas’ Secretary of State under former Gov. Rick Perry, has filed a bill to… Read More
Public Education
Texas school officials in hot water after email to district employees on how to vote in GOP primaryIn an email published online by school reform advocate Corey DeAngelis, a Denton (Texas) Independent School District official instructs district employees, possibly illegally, how to vote… Read More
Culture
Texas teacher placed on leave after video and photos of him dressed in women’s clothing at school go viralA Texas high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave after widely distributed photos and a video revealed his habit of dressing in women’s clothing at school. In one… Read More
Illegal Immigration
As Texas resistance grows, illegal entries increase in Arizona, California, New Mexico(The Center Square) – As Texas continues to put up resistance at major illegal crossing points at its border with Mexico, illegal entries have increased in Arizona, California and New… Read More
Border
Texas sheriff: Without Operation Lone Star, ‘we’d be losing’ border battle(The Center Square) – The sheriff of a small Texas border county of 14,000 residents has been actively working to combat transnational criminal activity and organized crime. “Our priority is… Read More
Culture
Anti-school choice Republicans are unpopular with Texas GOP primary voters(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A large majority of Texas Republican primary voters told pollsters they’d be less likely to vote in Texas GOP primaries for a House member who… Read More
Public Education
TEA takes over another school district after extortion, kickbacks, bribery convictions(The Center Square) – The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has taken over another school district in Texas, this time, La Joya Independent School District in Hidalgo County in the Rio… Read More
Illinois
As others send units to southern border, Illinois sends National Guard to Mideast(The Center Square) – With the recent deployment of 300 Illinois National Guard troops to the Middle East, some are asking why they weren’t sent south to help secure the… Read More
Public Education
School council meeting on sex ed disrupted by porn video played on screenA committee meeting to discuss and recommend new sex education curriculum for a Texas school district was interrupted Monday when two online attendees broadcasted porn on the screen. During the meeting… Read More