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AAUP sues over Texas Tech classroom instruction limits
The national faculty group, alongside a local affiliate, asked a judge to block the directives and rule them unconstitutional.
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Texas Public Policy Foundation
· Jul 9, 2026
Age Verification for Apps
This week, Texas parents scored a massive victory when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to block Texas’ landmark App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420). This decision affirms that states have every right to help families reclaim authority over their kids’ digital lives. Until now, parents trying to police harmful or inappropriate content have been forced... The post Age Verification for Apps first appeared on Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Off The Press
· Jul 8, 2026
Faculty Sue Texas Tech University Over Anti-Woke Policy
Texas Tech University faculty groups sued Chancellor Brandon Creighton and the university system’s Board of Regents in federal court Wednesday, seeking to block new classroom restrictions they argue violate the First Amendment by limiting instruction on race, gender identity, and sexual orientation. The Texas Tribune reported that the lawsuit challenges two memos issued by Creighton []...Click to read more
CBS Sports
· Jul 8, 2026
Joey McGuire admits Texas Tech misjudged Brendan Sorsby fallout, would have taken a different path
In retrospect, the Texas Tech coach says the school would have done things differently
The 19th News
· Jul 9, 2026
The fight over teaching race and gender in college classrooms is escalating
A pair of consecutive court actions this week brought renewed attention to policies in Republican-led states to control lessons and conversations on gender and race in public colleges and universities. A group of legal advocates sued the Texas Tech University system Wednesday over curriculum restrictions they say have created a chilling effect at the institution []
Washington Examiner
· Jun 26, 2026
Texas’s proposed social studies curriculum teaching ‘brutal’ Islam sparks political battle
A proposed change to Texas‘s high school social studies standards is sparking outrage by requiring teaching about “the Prophet Mohammed’s brutal military campaigns.” Texas’s Republican-controlled Board of Education passed an amendment that included the Islam-related history guidance on Thursday while postponing a further vote on high school standards until September, according to multiple reports. Activists []
The Advocate
· Jul 8, 2026
Texas Tech sued for erasing LGBTQ+ people and Black history from university classrooms
A coalition of legal and academic freedom groups sued the Texas Tech University System on Wednesday, accusing Chancellor Brandon Creighton and the system’s Board of Regents of turning a conservative political project into campus policy by restricting what professors can teach about race, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
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Related coverage for "AAUP sues over Texas Tech classroom instruction limits": Texas Public Policy Foundation — Age Verification for Apps. Off The Press — Faculty Sue Texas Tech University Over Anti-Woke Policy. CBS Sports — Joey McGuire admits Texas Tech misjudged Brendan Sorsby fallout, would have taken a different path . The 19th News — The fight over teaching race and gender in college classrooms is escalating. Washington Examiner — Texas’s proposed social studies curriculum teaching ‘brutal’ Islam sparks political battle. The Advocate — Texas Tech sued for erasing LGBTQ+ people and Black history from university classrooms