Education
Texas Tech’s New Curriculum Rules: “Academic Freedom” Now Available Only With Board Approval
The Texas Tech University System has decided it’s time to give “academic freedom” a makeover — specifically, by stapling it to a 12-step approval flowchart,…
Texas Finalizes Voucher Rules, Still Pretends It’s Not Defunding Public Schools
Texas has officially stamped “approved” on its shiny new school voucher rules—a billion-dollar program designed…
Texas Education Chief Meets With Turning Point USA, Because What Could Possibly Go Wrong in Our Schools?
Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath recently sat down with a Turning Point USA executive to…
Lubbock Finally Remembers Native People Exist, Plans Powwow Like It’s 1491
In a rare moment of cultural self-awareness, Lubbock has discovered that Native people are, in…
Texas Tech’s New Chancellor Promises “Common Sense,” Immediately Proceeds to Explain Why He Knows Best About Everything
Incoming Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton sat down with KCBD to assure everyone…
Texas Decides Kids Don’t Need the World—Just Texas, Jesus, and Whatever the Heritage Foundation Says
The Texas State Board of Education is once again revamping how kids learn social studies,…
Lubbock ISD to Maybe, Possibly, Someday Close More Schools — But Gently This Time
Lubbock ISD swears it’s not closing more schools — at least not until fall 2026…
Thou Shalt Not Teach the Constitution: Texas Fights to Hang the Ten Commandments in Every Classroom
In the latest episode of “Church Meets State, and State Brings a Hammer,” Texas is…
Texas Tech Students Discover College Now Costs… a Lot Like Real Life
Turns out, going to Texas Tech isn’t just about earning a degree anymore—it’s also a…
Texas Tech “Streamlines” Alumni Relations—By Cutting Off the People Who Made It Inclusive
After nearly a century of independence, the Texas Tech Alumni Association got folded into the…