An Opening for Academic Freedom in Texas, as Representative Swanson Files a Bill

The Texas State Board of Education and Department of Education are in the middle of their science standards streamlining process (Jonathan Witt wrote about that here). In that context, Representative Valoree Swanson has filed an academic freedom bill.

This legislation, if passed, would protect teachers who wish to discuss the "scientific strengths and weaknesses of existing scientific theories included in a course taught in accordance with the curriculum framework developed by the State Boa...