Month: <span>May 2010</span>

It takes more than dreaming

The Texas Association of Business (TAB) released a report this week pointing out how Texas has fallen way behind the curve in educating its future workforce and remaining competitive in the high stakes global competition for jobs. There were no big revelations in the report. But it was interesting that TAB went to the trouble […]

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SBOE names the president

Since TSTA was the first group to call public attention to this issue, and I have written about it a couple of times before, I will note for the record that the State Board of Education has approved an amendment to the social studies curriculum standards to include President Barack Obama’s name. Earlier, the curriculum […]

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Scott: SBOE critics are throwing “tantrums”

Inviting a rebuke from Democratic legislators, State Education Commissioner Robert Scott addressed the State Board of Education this morning and urged members to ignore the “tantrums” of detractors and proceed with a final vote, as planned, on social studies curriculum standards on Friday. Time is critical, Scott insisted, despite the fact that several Hispanic and […]

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Dueling with the SBOE

Several Hispanic and African American legislators, all Democrats, urged the State Board of Education to delay final adoption of the social studies curriculum standards and in the process did some verbal dueling. Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer of San Antonio, chairman of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus, said he had researched state law and “can’t find […]

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