BATTLE OVER HISTORY HEATS UP IN TEXAS

March 10, 2010

from LIBERTY INSTITUTE

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SBOE to Adopt New Social Studies Standards

Starting tomorrow, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) takes up the adoption of new social studies standards for public schools – guidelines that will impact students around the country from kindergarten to 12th grade for the next ten years.

The controversy over the new requirements involves the impact and role of religion in America (including Christmas), the Founding Fathers, judicial activism v. judicial restraint, the greatness of America and the exclusion or inclusion of significant persons in U.S. history including Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Daniel Boone and more.

Liberty Institute will testify at the hearings.  Tomorrow we will host a press conference from the Texas Education Agency building where we, along with parents, teachers and other concerned citizens will draw a line in the sand on how Texas should teach history.

We are also on Fox and Friends tomorrow and Thursday mornings.

STAY ON TOP OF THIS ISSUE!

We will blog from the hearings, so visit our Texas Legislative Update blog Wednesday through Friday!

See our news interviews on the Texas Textbook Debate.

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Rejecting Federalism is Not Amusing

March 10, 2010


March 9, 2010

All across Texas citizens are calling for a renewed commitment to the 10th amendment and a reinvigorated adherence to the principle of Federalism and the doctrine of enumerated powers.

These Texans believe they were created in the image and likeness of God and endowed by Him – not Washington, not Austin — with certain inalienable rights.  They believe that governmental power properly resides, first, with the people, who then grant or delegate their power, reserve it, or prohibit its exercise.  They believe the Constitution assigns the federal government specific, but limited powers, and that most government functions are left to the states.  They believe the doctrine of enumerated powers is the principal line of defense against an overreaching federal government and that the Bill of Rights, added two years after the Constitution was ratified, provides further protection. They believe the principal role of government is to advance the cause of individual liberty.

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