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What’s Happening with the Science Textbook Adoption? – Pt. 2 27 Aug 2013 | 01:28 am
Late last week, TFN finally obtained an official list of the biology textbook reviewers who attended the in-person review panels in Austin earlier this month. You can see the list of reviewers – along...
The Week in Quotes (Aug. 18 – 24) 26 Aug 2013 | 07:41 am
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott’s Twitter response to a follower who called state Sen. Wendy...
What’s Happening with the Science Textbook Adoption? 22 Aug 2013 | 01:16 am
For those of you who have been following the debate over science textbooks at the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE), here’s a simple explanation of where things currently stand: Initial drafts of...
Wednesday AMA with Zack 21 Aug 2013 | 03:36 am
If you’re a supporter of sound, peer-reviewed scholarship in Texas public school science textbooks, we invite you to join us Wednesday for a Q&A with our friend Zack Kopplin. Starting at 11:30 a.m. C...
A #StandUp4Science Invitation from Zack Kopplin 19 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
Our friend Zack Kopplin issued the following invitation via email to TFN supporters this morning. We’re sharing it here for TFN Insider readers. And, of course, we’ll have much more on this in the wee...
The Week in Quotes (Aug. 11 – 17) 19 Aug 2013 | 03:13 am
Here are some of the week’s most notable quotes culled from news reports from across Texas, and beyond. Darek Isaacs, a creationist author and filmmaker, arguing that dragons were real creatures that...
The Hateful, Cynical Campaign Against San Antonio’s Nondiscrimination Ordinance 18 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
This past week it became clear just how hateful and cynical the campaign to defeat a proposed San Antonio nondiscrimination ordinance has become. The ordinance would add LGBT people and veterans to ex...
Rejecting Science, Race-Baiting and ‘Screams from the Pit of Hell’ 15 Aug 2013 | 10:41 pm
Our friends at Right Wing Watch have noted a lot of crazy coming out of Texas recently. Here are a few choice examples: On Wednesday Right Wing Watch posted video of self-styled “historian” David Bar...
Religious Groups Call for an End to the Ban on Electioneering from the Pulpit 15 Aug 2013 | 09:15 pm
In what must thrill the hearts of zealots like David Barton who have spent their careers trying to drag houses of worship into partisan politics, the Washington Post reports: Even as polls show Ameri...
Rush Limbaugh Says Only Atheists Can Accept the Science on Climate Change 14 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm
The battle over what students learn about evolution in their science classrooms is just one of many challenges facing supporters of sound science. Climate change remains a prominent target of anti-sci...
