{"id":1380,"date":"2011-07-21T21:07:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T01:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2011-07-21T21:07:26","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T01:07:26","slug":"texas-science-materials-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=1380","title":{"rendered":"Texas science materials hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Texas is undergoing the dreaded approval process of science instructional materials. Their state board of education held a hearing and debate about it today and it looks like the circus will spill over into tomorrow. The Texas Freedom Network has great live-blogging posts up. Here is just one of their posts<\/a>. Make sure to check them all out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Texas is undergoing the dreaded approval process of science instructional materials. Their state board of education held a hearing and debate about it today and it looks like the circus will spill over into tomorrow. 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