Category Archives for Terri Leo

Darn

By Dan | Published October 14, 2015

Crushing disappointment for those of us who were excitedly awaiting the Republican primary duel between two of the most wackadoodle right-wingers in Texas — Terri Leo, R-Spring, announced Tuesday that she is dropping her challenge to state Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball in next year’s election. Leo posted the announcement on her Facebook page, explaining that she hadn’t been aware that the […]

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Clash of the Titans or the Loons?

By Dan | Published September 3, 2015

Now this could be fun to watch. On Wednesday former State Board of Education member Terri Leo, a Republican from Spring northwest of Houston, announced that she’s running for the Texas House of Representatives. She’s seeking the seat of incumbent state Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, who is seeking re-election. Both Leo and Riddle orbit on the outer […]

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Another Big Setback for the Far Right on Texas State Board of Education

By Dan | Published November 7, 2012

Last night’s State Board of Education elections marked another big step toward an end to the culture wars in Texas public school classrooms. With the defeat of incumbent Charlie Garza, R-El Paso, the state board’s faction of far-right ideologues should be smaller next year than at any time since before the 2006 elections. Zooming out […]

Also posted in 2012 Elections, 2012 Texas SBOE elections, Charlie Garza, Cynthia Dunbar, Don McLeroy, Gail Lowe, Martha Dominguez, TFNEF | 16 Comments

SBOE Candidate Gets Far-Right Endorsements

By Dan | Published February 29, 2012

Five of the Texas State Board of Education‘s far-right bloc have endorsed Marty Rowley of Amarillo in the Republican primary for the District 15 state board seat. Rowley’s campaign blog says board Chair Barbara Cargill, R-The Woodlands; former chair Gail Lowe, R-Lampasas; Charlie Garza, R-El Paso; Terri Leo, R-Spring; and Ken Mercer, R-San Antonio have […]

Also posted in 2012 Texas SBOE elections, Anette Carlisle, Barbara Cargill, Charlie Garza, Gail Lowe, Ken Mercer, Steven Schafersman, TFN | 4 Comments

Leo-Backed SBOE Candidate Gets Boost

By Dan | Published December 14, 2011

Texas State Board of Education member Terri Leo’s hand-picked replacement might have a smooth path to the Republican nomination for that Houston-area seat next year. Leo, one of the board’s most extreme right-wing members, on Monday said she would not seek re-election to the board. She instead endorsed Republican Donna Bahorich of Houston in next […]

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Another History FAIL from Leo, Barton

By Dan | Published December 13, 2011

Terri Leo and her colleagues on the Texas State Board of Education have spent years trying to promote their own distorted and politicized versions of American history in our public schools. So it shouldn’t be too surprising that Leo got her history wrong yet again in yesterday’s announcement that she will not seek re-election in […]

Also posted in 2012 Texas SBOE elections, David Barton, Donna Bahorich, WallBuilders | 10 Comments

Leo Calls It Quits

By Ryan | Published December 12, 2011

Another day, another major shake-up at the State Board of Education. Incumbent Terri Leo, R-Spring, made a surprise announcement this morning that she will not seek re-election to the seat she has held since 2002. During her tenure on the state board, Leo has been a major ringleader of the far-right faction. She has not […]

Also posted in 2012 Texas SBOE elections, Donna Bahorich | 13 Comments

Creationists Appointed to Science Review Panels

By Ryan | Published May 13, 2011

The Texas Education Agency just released the full list of members serving on the science review panels that will evaluate instructional materials submitted for approval by the State Board of Education (SBOE). As TFN predicted earlier this spring, the review panel for biology includes a number of individuals with a history of promoting intelligent design/creationism […]

Also posted in Barbara Cargill, creationism, evolution, Gail Lowe, intelligent design, Science adoption (2011), science and religion, State Board of Education | 26 Comments

An Appeal for Hope

By Dan | Published October 15, 2010

The research compiled by the Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University in San Marcos is heartbreaking: since 2004, at least six Texas teens have been so tormented by bullying and  abuse at school that they have taken their own lives. Another attempted suicide by jumping from a  two-and-a-half-story balcony. Some of the students […]

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Board Takes Up Anti-Muslim Measure

By Dan | Published September 24, 2010

The Texas State Board of Education is about to take up a proposed resolution attacking Islam and claiming that social studies textbooks are anti-Christian. TFN Insider will keep you updated on progress. 9:53 a.m. - We notice that board members Barbara Cargill and Don McLeroy have been going through world history textbooks currently used in […]

Also posted in Barbara Cargill, Bob Craig, Cynthia Dunbar, Dave Welch, David Bradley, Don McLeroy, Gail Lowe, Islam, Ken Mercer, Lawrence Allen, Mavis Knight, Pat Hardy, Rick Agosto, State Board of Education | 15 Comments