I can’t say I’m surprised at who is running the Texas education system, but maybe it’s time everyone started paying attention.
Scott Floyd had a very interesting post from Texas Monthly about the Texas State Board of Education. Like I said, I’m not surprised because of how conservative Texas is, but I wonder how many people know about these folks who are deciding what should and shouldn’t be taught in our classrooms.
With all of this talk of “Change” in this election cycle, maybe it’s time we started paying more attention to change at the local level as well.
[...] 9/23/08: In the comments below, Scott Laleman asked about who made up the candidates in the races. I am listing them here with the incumbent [...]