
The famous anti-littering campaign “Don’t Mess with Texas” may soon need to be changed to “Don’t Mess with Texafornia” as the City of Dallas will be ringing in the new year with a touch more of a California feel because
by Merrill Hope17 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

Weeks of bullying a special needs 13 year-old girl at Jean McClung Middle School in the Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) turned to violence, within days from when a special needs 15 year-old boy was physically abused by school
by Merrill Hope16 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) jointly announced on December 10 that 18 states were awarded a huge prize — Big Ed’s Head Start Jr. — preschool development and expansion grants
by Merrill Hope15 Dec 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The National Journal article The Next Plan to Get Climate Denial Into Textbooks reads like a Texas-bashing manifesto from progressive education interests. Their target was a Lone Star watchdog group Truth in Texas Textbooks, a coalition of volunteer researchers, scholars, a curriculum accuracy
by Merrill Hope13 Dec 2014, 5:02 AM PST0

US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell jointly announced on Wednesday, December 10 that 18 states were awarded preschool development and expansion grants totaling more than $226 million under the Preschool Development
by Merrill Hope11 Dec 2014, 7:16 AM PST0

Two Aldine ISD staff members were in court on Thursday, December 4, to answer to abuse charges that were filed against them regarding an incident that left a mentally-challenged 15 year-old student in a wheelchair with a broken leg and
by Merrill Hope8 Dec 2014, 6:08 AM PST0

In a state that so fervently rejected the Common Core, Texas answered Big Ed’s cradle-to-career clarion cattle call yet again, this time it comes on the heels of 10 of the state’s public school superintendents race to the White House
by Merrill Hope7 Dec 2014, 9:02 AM PST0

In a legal action led by Attorney General Greg Abbott, the State of Texas charged Houston-based Marque Learning Center Partnership and its operators and owners as defendants for unlawfully marketing and selling fraudulent high school diplomas on Friday, December 5.
by Merrill Hope6 Dec 2014, 6:24 AM PST0

Last Spring, Breitbart Texas reported on a new teacher climate survey pushed through the 83rd legislative session called “Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning” or TELL Texas. In August, Texas Education Agency (TEA) statistics revealed that only about 20 percent of
by Merrill Hope5 Dec 2014, 5:47 AM PST0

Lubbock Christian School (LCS), the oldest private school in the greater Lubbock area, is participating in City Bank’s annual Community Rewards contest and Lubbock area residents can help LCS accomplish its goal to provide a quality environment where each student can grow
by Merrill Hope4 Dec 2014, 11:21 AM PST0
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In September, the Highland Park Independent School District (ISD) in the Dallas metro area pulled seven books off its approved high school English literature shelves, then put six back on, and has been bickering over one in particular ever since
by Merrill Hope4 Dec 2014, 6:04 AM PST0

On Monday, the same-sex couples at the center of the gay marriage legal challenge in Texas, petitioned US District Judge Orlando Garcia at the Federal Courthouse in San Antonio to allow gay marriage to begin taking place in Texas immediately. This
by Merrill Hope3 Dec 2014, 10:29 AM PST0

He said it was meant to be a joke but no one is laughing in Hooks Independent School District (ISD) where school board member Chris Harris posted a highly offensive meme of a hooded Ku Klux Klansman with the capitalized
by Merrill Hope2 Dec 2014, 1:27 PM PST0
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In 1992, Dan and Fran Keller were sentenced to serve 48 years a piece for alleged subversive sexual and satanic acts performed on youngsters at the Austin area daycare they owned. The couple served more than 21 years in prison,
by Merrill Hope1 Dec 2014, 9:45 AM PST0

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released a new 50-page report, Enrollment in Texas Public Schools 2013-2014, right before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It identified the demographic spikes of illegal immigrant children in the state’s public schools. It also showed huge
by Merrill Hope29 Nov 2014, 5:08 AM PST0

Thanksgiving is the most uniquely American day of the year — regardless of our ethnic ancestries. It is a day of gratitude spent with family and friends, feasting on turkey with all the trimmings and watching football. Most of all,
by Merrill Hope28 Nov 2014, 5:48 AM PST0

The impact of illegal immigration on US public schools is a topic largely broached from a dollars and cents perspective. Breitbart News quoted Heritage Foundation’s Robert Rector projecting that with the President’s executive action, it will cost taxpayers nationwide upwards
by Merrill Hope26 Nov 2014, 10:45 AM PST0

The loss of a child to suicide is unimaginable, yet on October 8, a 13-year-old boy from Georgetown, Texas, Peyton James, went to his bedroom and hung himself from the ceiling fan. This was the result of years of bullying by
by Merrill Hope24 Nov 2014, 5:05 AM PST0

On Friday, November 21, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) rendered its final decisions in on the new Social Studies instructional materials up for adoption. Following a contentious multi-month process fraught with attacks from education progressives like the Texas
by Merrill Hope23 Nov 2014, 5:42 AM PST0

President Barack Obama unilaterally ordered the most comprehensive overhaul of the immigration system, granting five million of the nation’s 11.4 million undocumented immigrants in the United States legal status. In his November 20 address, he effectively told illegal immigrants that
by Merrill Hope21 Nov 2014, 11:15 AM PST0

Graco, a leading brand name in baby furniture and accessories, is recalling five million of their baby strollers because of a fingertip amputation hazard, ABC News reported. The company received reports of 11 finger injuries, including six reports of fingertip
by Merrill Hope20 Nov 2014, 9:26 AM PST0

One hundred public school superintendents nationwide were invited to the White House for the inaugural digital education summit ConnectED to the Future on November 19. Ten percent of them were from Texas. That means, 10 of the school district officials who attended were from
by Merrill Hope20 Nov 2014, 9:06 AM PST0

Already on the hook for $65 billion in outstanding school bond debt approved and issued between 2007-2013, Texans voted in more mega-school bond debt statewide in 2014 that will pile nearly $10 billion more onto the statewide property tax payer
by Merrill Hope17 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The Houston Independent School District (ISD) will be adding its first Arabic Language Immersion Magnet School in Fall 2015. The district’s Board of Education voted unanimously to approve plans for the new specialty public school campus at its November 13
by Merrill Hope16 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0

The State Board of Education (SBOE) will vote to adopt new K-12 social studies textbooks, instructional and online materials on Friday, November 21 in Austin. This final week of the multi-month social studies textbook adoption process is not for the weary. Progressives
by Merrill Hope15 Nov 2014, 6:55 AM PST0