Yesterday, the Mexican American Legislative Caucus held a “hearing” at the state Capitol on the social studies curriculum standards that were approved in March by the State Board of Education.
Michele Samuelson
Great improvements at the State Capitol
A few hours ahead of Van Taylor’s official swearing-in, the State Preservation Board is on top of things:
The consequences of the KBH non-revelation
I didn’t post about this earlier because, come on, it’s not exactly an earth-shattering revelation.
Schools begin strategizing for Prop 4 Tier One money
I figure, since I spent a lot of time dogging on Proposition 4 (the constitutional amendment last November, not the Republican primary ballot prop), readers might be interested to know that some universities have announced strategies for how they will attract the money that Proposition 4 promised – a part of a $500 million pie approved by voters last November.
Paxton: Response to passage of HR 3590
From State Representative Ken Paxton (R-McKinney), in a special edition of his weekly newsletter:
Bill White: Bad for Houston, Bad for Texas
Polling indicates that Bill White, former Houston mayor and former deputy secretary of energy under Clinton, is leading the field for the Democratic nomination for governor. Republicans, conservatives, Tea Party activists, etc., listen up. Whatever happens in our own primary, it is vital that we remember who it is we’re really fighting.
Majority of ISD tax increases passed Tuesday
Oh, now, come on, people!
Top Tier One universities fail core curricula test
One of the loudest arguments we’re hearing in favor of Proposition 4 is that if the state of Texas has more Tier One research universities, the quality of higher education will improve.
Propositions 2 and 3 are smart moves for Texas
There has been a lot of misleading information going around via email on Props 2 and 3, which deal with property taxes, and that information is extremely damaging to the efforts to fix our property appraisal system in the state of Texas.
The KBH Factor still looms
Lots of questions, and a slew of liberal-media-powered rumors, have revived the “what will KBH do and when?” meme that enjoys far too much attention these days.