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SBOE 5 candidate Rebecca Bell-Metereau

—Texas Kaos

Dr. Rebecca Bell-Metereau, candidate for the State Board of Education District 5, spoke at a meeting I attended recently and I found her presentation refreshing. She told us about her years in education as a teacher and her experience developing programs at Texas State University to improve student retention. Dr. [...]

Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:47am EST

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Why more kids should study world history, harder

—Millard Fillmore's Bathtub

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Jon Taplin explains why knowing world history is valuable. The sad thing is that, of course, the story that makes his reason doesn’t appear in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills list for world history, nor in any other social studies course. Now that the Texas State Board of Education has [...]

Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:33pm EST
by Ed Darrell

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Investment firm, SBOE member disagree on donations

—South Texas Chisme

State Board of Education member Rick Agosto has accused an investment company of incorrectly reporting that it gave him more than $1,000 in gifts before it sought a lucrative contract with the board. But the company has insisted that its disclosures are generally correct and said in letters to the [...]

Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:02am EST

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Republicans wish Hispanics would disappear

—South Texas Chisme

At least the Republicans on the State Board of Education do. When Republicans wish, they make it 'real' by wholesale denial. Why not make Hispanics in textbooks disappear? Wave a wand, click your heals and make it so.State Rep. Norma Chavez told Texas education officials Wednesday that Hispanics deserve a [...]

Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:30am EST

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Hide the babies, the State Board of Education is meeting

—South Texas Chisme

Topics to be discussed for social studies range from which historical figures should be covered in classes to what role Christianity and the Bible played in the founding of the nation. Three board members aligned with social conservative groups have already called for more coverage of religion in U.S. government [...]

Posted: November 18, 2009, 10:51am EST

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Let’s make this a bad year for Don McLeroy

—Off the Kuff

Don McLeroy is a wee bit concerned about losing one of his allies on the SBOE.

State Board of Education former Chair (and current member) Don McLeroy wasn’t too concerned about losing Democratic swing-vote Rick Agosto. At least not at first.

“The big impact will be if I depart,” McLeroy [...]

Posted: November 14, 2009, 6:35am EST
by Charles Kuffner

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Agosto won't seek re-election to State Board of Education

—TRAIL BLAZERS

State Board of Education member Rick Agosto of San Antonio, who has battled allegations that he failed to report gifts from a potential state bidder, Friday announced that he will not seek re-election next year. Agosto, a Democrat, did not mention the controversy [...]

Posted: November 06, 2009, 6:08pm EST

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