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The Trevor Project? Blocked. Planned Parenthood? Blocked. NASA? BLOCKED

Committee on Academic Freedom | Middle East Studies Association | - Daniel Diermeier Chancellor, Vanderbilt University daniel.diermeier@vanderbilt.edu   C. Cybele …

The Texas Education Code requires districts to implement a curriculum that encourages abstinence. Students, teachers and the community shared their opinions with the board.

On Thursday's show: We discuss Mayor Sylvester Turner’s last city council meeting, the accomplishments he touted during it, and what challenges are first up for Mayor-elect John Whitmire and the next Houston City Council.

Good morning, Houston!It’s Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Moriah A. Ballard here, and who else is counting down the days until it’s the weekend? Don’t worry, today is Hump Day *in my Owen Conflenti voice* !! Let’s get started..

The Boyle County School District quietly quietly banned more than 100 books, citing anti-trans bill SB 150. But a local campaign by students and their peers successfully pushed back.

Rev.Dave Welch has 2 goals: “Number one is winning over [school] leaders...or changing them. Number two is persuading and winning over enough pastors to see this as a mission field.”

A new law lets schools use safety funds to pay for unlicensed chaplains working in mental health roles. Supporters say it helps address student mental health while critics blast it as a Christian nationalist attempt to convert children to a specific form of faith.

A new law lets schools use safety funds to pay for unlicensed chaplains working in mental health roles. Supporters say it addresses student mental health while critics blast it as a Christian nationalist attempt to convert kids.

Texas’ debate over school chaplains escalates school board culture wars