PragerU Kids Book Lists Nicki Truesdell Book Lists Well Trained Mind - The Great Books: History as Literature – Handout WallBuilders Store ..read more

E.D. Hirsch’s views on the curriculum: Popular but perpetually problematic 07/26/2021 by Mr. Jones' Whiteboard ED Hirsch on curriculum, knowledge and creating an education citizen 09/09/2020 by NES Descrition: Renowned academic ED Hirsch talks about the need for education to create 'common understanding' through curriculum choices, in the latest Tes Podagogy podcast interview https://youtu.be/zMpX033XR7w?si=aa-Xn1Jxd7WUoEIk 00:27 A Shared Body of Knowledge 20:50 National Curriculum ..read more

There are many groups that rank Texas legislators according to their own priorities. We suggest pulling your legislators scores or ranking from each of the below groups and looking at all of the available grades before coming to a conclusion. Texas Values Faith & Family Scorecard Texans for Fiscal Responsibility Index Club for Growth Texas Right to Life RICE University rates Texas legislators for 88th Session Center for Legislative Accountability (American Conservative Union) Texas Scorecard TURF ratings: 2023 Ratings Young Conservatives of Texas Texas Family Project Legislative Report Ca ..read more

Speaker #1 https://youtu.be/qCjY35fRfso Speaker #2 https://youtu.be/TN9yQ40ntyA Speaker #3 https://youtu.be/qtGs7BFmk4k Speaker #4 https://youtu.be/e9LFMfkh7bk Speaker #5 https://youtu.be/TAnoTWZuXrE Speaker #6 https://youtu.be/b79zwjvCt_w ..read more

STAAR HARMFUL EXAMPLE #1 STAAR Grade 8 Reading "Starting From Scratch" 13 “So,” Grandpa said, his eyes sparkling, “what do you think?” 14 Before answering, I thought about our day. The garden, the shopping trip, the prep work, the embarrassing stories he shared about Mom that I stored away for later use. “I . . . I . . . love it, Nonno!” I said.15 Then his face broke into a smile so warm that I was sure I hadn’t told him a lie. Result: The child lies to his grandfather to make him feel better. Passage sends the message that lying is acceptable under certain circumstances. This is opposite of ..read more

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Introduction to the Texas Open Meetings Act In Texas, all elected boards are governed by the same laws when it comes to conducting business in the public eye. We all want to know, or at the very least, have the ability to know what business our elected officials are carrying out utilizing our tax dollars. Every state in our Union has what is called a “sunshine law”. In Texas, ours is called the Texas Open Meetings Act and comprises Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code. You can find these laws here. The TOMA exists for the purpose of keeping our elected bodies honest and ensuring that all d ..read more

Per the Canyon ISD new book policy, the board must approve all book purchases. On Jan 26th, 2023, Canyon ISD Assistant Superintendent ,Cameron Rosser emailed a list of over 600 books to be purchased by Canyon ISD and gave parents 13 days to review them. The Canyon purchase list contained numerous titles that included sexually explicit content, spells/demons, excessive profanity, LGBT ideology and a lot of picture books (graphic novels). At the February 2023 Canyon ISD School Board meeting, parents expressed outrage. Texans Wake Up released our blog entitled "Canyon ISD 2023 Book Purchase List ..read more

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Starting on Monday, March 27th through Friday, March 31st, Texans Wake Up posted a few of the harmful materials found in Canyon ISD and Amarillo ISD libraries on our Facebook page. Reviews for these titles can be found on the very popular website BookLooks.org as well as in the Canyon ISD and Amarillo ISD portals on Texans Wake Up. These titles contain sexually explicit content or content that is racist also known as 'CRT' (critical race theory). Why are these titles available for minors? We are not sure, but they are. Many are available at multiple campuses and including a junior high and eve ..read more