Ouch! Texas Judge Slams Right-winger for Wasting His Time
It’s always good to see folks in responsible positions refuse to play games with far-right fanatics who substitute ignorant, facts-free ideology for honest research and expertise. So we enjoyed reading...
View ArticleTexas Voucher Scam Would Shift Hundreds of Millions in Tax Dollars from...
On Wednesday anti-public education politicians rallied behind a proposed new voucher scheme to transfer hundreds of millions of dollars each year from neighborhood public schools to private and...
View ArticleVoucher Lobby Launches Full Frontal Assault on Texas Public Schools
Powerful interests pushing private school voucher schemes in Texas are launching today what might be their strongest attack on neighborhood public schools in years. The Senate Education Committee is...
View ArticleTFN Press Release: Senate Voucher Bills Hide Massive Cost to Public Schools...
As the Senate Education Committee hears testimony on three reckless private school voucher bills, we just sent out the following press release: Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller today called...
View ArticleChecking Our Hate Mail: TFN Is ‘Stupid’ and Public Schools Are ‘Evil’
Our opposition to private school voucher schemes apparently angers “Linda,” who wrote us earlier today. We won’t publish her full name or email address — we’re polite that way. But here’s her email to...
View ArticleThis Week @ the Texas Legislature: Vouchers on Senate Floor
Call your senator TODAY in opposition to this reckless raid on funding for neighborhood public schools. Click here to find the name and phone number for your senator. Big moves behind the scenes tell...
View ArticleTax-Credit Vouchers: An Attack on Public Education in Texas
As the Texas Senate prepares to take up a tax-credit voucher scam — as early as Tuesday — check out this video from the Southern Education Foundation. The Foundation’s three-minute video explains how...
View ArticleTexas Senate Mugs Public Schools, Gives Preliminary Approval to Private...
Today the Texas Senate mugged the state’s public schools and their millions of students by providing preliminary approval to a reckless private school voucher bill. But the debate revealed some dirty...
View ArticleRedefining ‘Religious Liberty’ into Nothing?
Religious-righters are twisting and redefining “religious liberty” so much that the term itself is in danger of becoming almost meaningless. Fortunately, a growing number of mainstream religious...
View ArticlePro-Public Ed Pastor Group Files Texas Court Brief Rejecting Tax-Funded...
Pastors for Texas Children, a pro-public education group, is warning that the creation of a “parallel private system of education” funded with tax dollars — through vouchers or other schemes — would...
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