Texas gets a failing grade in sex education, especially when it comes to gay and lesbian youth. The Texas Freedom Network is offering a special training opportunity in Dallas for young people who want to promote tolerance, acceptance and comprehensive sex education in Texas.

> Find out more here.
> Sign up for the training today.

The Far Right Moves to Hijack Social Studies Classrooms

It didn't take long for the State Board of Education to politicize nearly a year's worth of work by teachers and scholars on new social studies curriculum standards for Texas public schools. In January the board began revising the standards to water down instruction on the civil rights movement, highlight conservative political heroes, and promote the lie that the Founders wanted the nation's government and laws based on fundamentalist biblical principles. But the Texas Freedom Network is fighting back!

> Learn more about the debate over social studies curriculum standards.
> Learn more about the Texas State Board of Education.

The Texas Freedom Network scored some key victories on education, science and religious freedom in the recently ended legislative session. Just as importantly, TFN's statewide grassroots network helped keep the religious right on the defensive. As a result, the religious right failed to pass any major parts of its legislative agenda during the regular session.

Resources:
> Check out TFN's legislative recap.
> Read an op-ed from TFN's Kathy Miller about the "culture wars" in Texas.
> TFN's 2009 State of the Religious Right report previewed the legislative session.

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Texas has long been held up as the poster child for abstinence-only sexuality education. In fact, Texas consistently leads the nation by a wide margin in federal abstinence education dollars - more than $18 million in 2007 alone. What has not been known, however, is what public schools are actually teaching students about sexuality education in their classrooms.

Until now. 

> Read the report and watch the videos.

*Texas Freedom Network Education Fund and “Just Say Don’t Know” are not sponsored by or affiliated with CLER Ministries.

The Fall 2009 Network News reviews an action-packed year at the Texas Freedom Network.

>  Fall 2009 newsletter
>  TFN newsletter archive