Social conservative on state ed board to press church-state fight
11:53 PM CDT on Friday, May 14, 2010
AUSTIN – A leading social conservative on the State Board of Education will push for further doubt to be cast on separation of church and state when the board goes back to work on proposed curriculum standards for social studies next week.
Board member Don McLeroy, R-College Station, has distributed several changes he will propose before board members take a final vote on the standards. The curriculum will dictate what is taught in classrooms and must be included in textbooks for U.S. history, government and other social studies courses in Texas schools.
Trainer urges Plano ISD trustees to back superintendent, avoid dissent
11:48 PM CDT on Friday, May 14, 2010
Plano's newest school board members gathered Friday for a five-hour crash course in local governance.
"You want to do everything you can to make your superintendent successful," said Don McAdams, a 69-year-old education consultant from Houston who led the training. "Governance is hard work."
The three newly elected trustees, along with existing members and Superintendent Doug Otto, scribbled notes on everything from how to