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Earlier this week, the Texas State Board of Education considered instructional materials that included topics like gender identity and sexual orientation. They were rejected by the board in a preliminary vote, and did not get called up for a final vote Friday.
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* Update, April 13: On Friday, the State Board of Education gave its final approval to development of the Ethnic Studies: An Overview of Americans of鈥
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A new report out by the Southern Poverty Law Center finds American students don鈥檛 fully understand many facts about slavery and the role it played in U.S.鈥
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Some State Board of Education members are dismissing a social media-driven backlash against a high school textbook the 15-member elected body approved鈥
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The publisher of one of Texas鈥 controversial social studies textbooks has agreed to change a caption that describes African slaves as immigrant 鈥渨orkers鈥濃
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About 5 million public school students in Texas this year will get new and controversial textbooks that critics say water down history.
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A Texas panel has approved 89 history and social studies textbooks for use in classrooms across the state, after one top publisher withdrew a book.The鈥
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Five stories that have North Texas talking: Texas Republicans are not pleased with last night鈥檚 executive action announcement, reception for a鈥
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UN Conspiracies, Communism and the Common Core: These were just some of the critiques brought up during the final public hearing over the revisions and...
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University professors and activists are urging two major textbook publishers to modify climate change lessons in social studies books being considered for鈥
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The Texas Board of Education has approved tighter rules dictating who can serve on volunteer panels that scrutinize textbooks, a move that could soften鈥
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A documentary airing again this weekend looks at classroom culture war battles that have taken place in Texas over the past 50 years.鈥淭he Long Game:鈥