Texas

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 13, 2024
Education

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Abbott Set to Deliver on Texas School Choice in 2025

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 13, 2024
Education

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Texas, known for freedom, has been an outlier among historically conservative states when it comes to the rights of dads and moms to have education options for their children outside of the public school system. This is despite only 37% of Texans thinking K-12 education in the local school district within Texas is headed in the right direction. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
June 5, 2024
Education

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Greg Abbott Went to War for School Choice — He Appears to Have Won

_{Keri D. Ingraham
June 5, 2024
Education

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Texas voters made their voices heard at the ballot box last week by ousting from the state House of Representatives Republicans who had voted with Democrats to block school choice for families in the Lone Star State. The Texas House is now positioned to successfully pass a sweeping school-choice bill on behalf of Texas families in the 2025 legislative session. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
November 16, 2023
Education

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Texas Lawmakers Finally Get Serious About School Choice for Families

_{Keri D. Ingraham
November 16, 2023
Education

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Texas State Rep. Cody Harris, a Republican from rural Palestine, Texas, was one of several Republicans who initially opposed school choice. Yet, once he began serving on the House Public Education Committee earlier this year, his position changed. Read More ›

Daughter is reading book to her international parents

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2023
Education

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How Texas Is Becoming the Frontlines for Parents-First School Choice

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 23, 2023
Education

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For far too long, K-12 public schools have been viewed as the only experts when it comes to educating children. Parents’ fundamental responsibility to serve as the primary educators of their children has been outsourced to these government institutes, where the vast majority of children remain trapped. Read More ›

^{Keri D. Ingraham
October 19, 2023
Education

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Abbott Says He’s Keeping Texas Lawmakers In Session Until They Expand School Choice

_{Keri D. Ingraham
October 19, 2023
Education

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Historically, Texas has painfully lagged in school choice programs, resembling more of a blue state than its Republican trifecta. But Governor Abbott is committed to changing that. Read More ›

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^{Keri D. Ingraham
January 30, 2023
Education

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These Two States Now Have Universal School Choice — And Yours Could Be Next

_{Keri D. Ingraham
January 30, 2023
Education

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Iowa became the second state in the country to pass universal school choice, directly providing families with funds to support their children’s education. Arizona was the trendsetter for this new wave of educational freedom after Governor Doug Ducey signed universal school choice into law on July 7, 2022. Read More ›

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^{Scott S. Powell
June 2, 2022
Religion and Civic Life

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The Mass Shooting in Uvalde, Texas Calls Us to Spiritual And Moral Revival

_{Scott S. Powell
June 2, 2022
Religion and Civic Life

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After getting over the pain and grieving of the Uvalde, Texas school shooting, many people and so-called experts have weighed in—offering more of the same old responses that have followed other similar tragic incidents. Read More ›

Burning sheet of paper in the male hand.

^{Keri D. Ingraham
May 30, 2022
Education

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Democrats Are Gaslighting American Parents About School Vouchers

_{Keri D. Ingraham
May 30, 2022
Education

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Defunding public schools — even “stealing money” from them — is how the far-left and teachers’ unions term any attempt to offer parents more choice around education. For them, it’s about money and power, not children and high-quality learning. Read More ›

^{Emily Cook
March 16, 2022

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Emily Cook on Texas Right to Life, the Texas Heartbeat Act, and Futile Care Protocols

_{Emily Cook
March 16, 2022

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The usual canard about the pro-life movement goes something like this: “Pro-lifers care so much about babies before they are born, but not much after. Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
June 9, 2011
Intelligent Design

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Study Finds Glaring Bloopers in Proposed Texas Science Curricula

_{Discovery Institute
June 9, 2011
Intelligent Design

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Austin, TX—According to a study released today by the non-profit Discovery Institute, bogus embryo drawings, long-debunked claims about tonsils, and outdated information from a 1950s lab experiment highlight the glaring bloopers found in proposed science curricula currently being considered by the Texas State Board of Education. “Retro-science must be in, because the proposed curricula are filled with outdated scientific claims,” Read More ›