April 16, 2024

Emile Lester Co-Authors Op-ed; Report Featured in Statesman.com

Emile Lester, a political science professor, co-authored an op-ed in Texas newspaper The Caller Times.

“The ongoing textbook wars have embarrassed Texas for years,” the authors write in Take Politics Out of Texas Classrooms. Read more:

http://www.caller.com/story/opinion/2018/02/23/take-politics-out-texas-classrooms/368171002/

A report Lester co-authored was also featured in Statesman.com called Ideology Tops Facts in Texas History Curriculum.

“The quibble over working here could not be more misleading,” said Emile Lester, a report co-author and political science professor at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. Read the article here:

http://www.statesman.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/ideology-tops-facts-texas-history-curriculum-experts-say/YyYahXUhcDuZvUAQjhGgBL/