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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott picks homeschooler to chair State Board of Education
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/texas-gov-greg-abbott-picks-homeschooler-to-chair-state-board-of-education/
Donna Bahorich picked to chair Texas State Board of Education
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott picks homeschooler to chair State Board of Education
David Edwards
25 Jun 2015 at 14:03 ET
A Texas watchdog group expressed concern this week after Gov. Greg Abbott named a new chairperson to the State Board of Education who has never sent her own children to a public school.
Last week, Abbott announced that he was appointing Houston Republican Donna Bahorich, a former communications director for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, to chair the Board of Education.
According to Texas Public Radio, Bahorich homeschooled her own sons before sending them to a private high school.
The Texas Freedom Network, a watchdog group, warned that Bahorich would “put culture war agendas ahead of educating more than 5 million Texas kids.”