{"id":18345,"date":"2025-10-23T23:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/18345\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T23:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T23:32:11","slug":"lt-gov-dan-patrick-calls-for-alamo-trust-ceos-firing-over-troubling-dissertation-she-wrote-in-grad-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/18345\/","title":{"rendered":"Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls for Alamo Trust CEO\u2019s firing over \u2018troubling\u2019 dissertation she wrote\u00a0in\u00a0grad school"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Kate Rogers is currently overseeing a $550 million revamp of the Alamo site. Credit: Shutterstock \/ 4kclips<\/p>\n

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Thursday demanded that Alamo Trust CEO Kate Rogers be terminated due to a \u201ctroubling\u201d college dissertation that he said is \u201cincompatible\u201d with the state\u2019s version of the Spanish Mission\u2019s history.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Patrick, one of the state\u2019s highest-profile GOP culture warriors, made the demand in an Oct. 23 letter to the Alamo Trust\u2019s board of directors. <\/p>\n

His move comes days after the Alamo came under fire<\/a> from Republican Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham over a social media post in which it recognized Indigenous people\u2019s contribution to the mission\u2019s history. The post also highlighted a Native American gallery at the Alamo Visitor Center and Museum set to open in 2027.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Alamo has since apologized for the now-deleted post, which was made on Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day, a holiday that began as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rogers \u2014\u00a0who\u2019s been leading the $550 million reimagining of the Alamo site, one of San Antonio\u2019s key visitor attractions \u2014\u00a0wrote her dissertation while earning a doctorate in education from the University of Southern California in 2023. <\/p>\n

In his letter, Patrick particularly took issue with the last two pages of Rogers\u2019 dissertation. In that portion, she took aim at Texas politicians meddling in public education.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cPhilosophically, I do not believe it is the role of politicians to determine what professional educators can or should teach in the classroom,\u201d Rogers wrote. \u201cInstead, teachers should be afforded the autonomy to make those decisions based on their own expertise as well as the needs of their students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon discovering the two-year-old manuscript, Patrick wrote in a letter to the Alamo Board of Trustees<\/a> that Rogers\u2019 writing is inconsistent with the \u201chistory of the battle for the Alamo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe her judgment is now placed in serious question and makes clear she has a totally different view of how the history of the Alamo should be told,\u201d Patrick wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Patrick\u2019s tantrum is the latest in a series of efforts by Republican Texas leaders to fire, intimidate or ostracize people for expressing views that don\u2019t fall in line with the party\u2019s views.<\/p>\n

Last month, Texas A&M University President Mark A. Welsh III resigned amid outrage<\/a> from conservative figures over a viral video of a student confronting a professor over gender issues being discussed in a children\u2019s literature course. The university also fired the professor<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Days later, the Texas Education Agency launched an investigation<\/a> into public-school educators\u2019 social media comments about the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk\u2019s killing \u2014\u00a0a move teachers unions have decried as a witch hunt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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