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Texas State Board of Education

A dusty abandoned classroom, with a worn out looking blackboard, one battered desk-chair and another single chair. A doorway leads into another abandoned room.

Meet the Latest Wingnuts to Join the State Board of Ed

Seditious Texiters. Conspiracy theorists. A January 6 insurrectionist.

by Josephine Lee

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Voters Reinforce Republican Stronghold on State Board of Education

by Michelle Pitcher

Mexican-American Studies Summit Takes on ‘Racist’ Textbook

by Patrick Michels

Primary Concerns: What We’re Watching on Super Tuesday

by Texas Observer Staff

Signs at the Texas Freedom Network's Stand Up for Science rally Oct 07, 2015

Here’s the Fringe Theology Kids are Learning in Texas Schools

by David R. Brockman

slavery Oct 06, 2015

How Texas Failed to Catch a Geography Textbook’s Glaring Slavery Error

by Patrick Michels

David Arriaga checks on students in his Mexican-American studies class at Houston’s Stephen F. Austin High School in April. Jun 19, 2015

Dragging the State Board into the Present

by Patrick Michels

A drawing by Felipe

Inside this month's print issue

Biden Is Still Separating Immigrant Kids From Their Families

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Apr 20, 2015

Watching Out For the Future of Texas Home Schooling

by Texas Observer Staff

State Board of Education member Ruben Cortez (D-Brownsville) speaks before public testimony on a proposed Mexican-American history course. Apr 09, 2014

State Board Finds a New Path to Mexican-American Studies in Texas Schools

by Patrick Michels

MALDEF attorney Celina Moreno Apr 08, 2014

Mexican-American History Supporters Urge State Board to Approve New Course

by Patrick Michels

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Don McLeroy Sep 17, 2013

We Blinded Them…With Science

by Eileen Smith

Feb 11, 2013

At Senate Hearing, Donna Campbell Misses A Link or Two

At confirmation hearing for SBOE chair Barbara Cargill, freshman Sen. Donna Campbell steals the show.

by Patrick Michels

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