/tags/textbooks textbooks en-US Copyright Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:10:38 GMT /texas-news/2021-11-19/education-board-signs-off-on-one-health-textbook-rejects-others-that-include-lessons-on-sexuality 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. Sat, 20 Nov 2021 00:10:38 GMT /texas-news/2021-11-19/education-board-signs-off-on-one-health-textbook-rejects-others-that-include-lessons-on-sexuality Sascha Cordner | The Texas Newsroom /education/2018-04-11/texas-education-board-approves-course-formerly-known-as-mexican-american-studies * 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… Wed, 11 Apr 2018 16:56:26 GMT /education/2018-04-11/texas-education-board-approves-course-formerly-known-as-mexican-american-studies Aliyya Swaby, Texa /education/2018-02-01/american-slavery-isnt-taught-well-in-schools-in-texas-or-across-the-u-s-report-says A new report out by the Southern Poverty Law Center finds American students don’t fully understand many facts about slavery and the role it played in U.S.… Fri, 02 Feb 2018 01:10:02 GMT /education/2018-02-01/american-slavery-isnt-taught-well-in-schools-in-texas-or-across-the-u-s-report-says Stella M. Chávez | The Texas Newsroom /texas-news/2015-10-08/texas-education-board-members-dismiss-textbook-controversy Some State Board of Education members are dismissing a social media-driven backlash against a high school textbook the 15-member elected body approved… Thu, 08 Oct 2015 15:49:00 GMT /texas-news/2015-10-08/texas-education-board-members-dismiss-textbook-controversy Kiah Collier Texas Tribune /texas-news/2015-10-06/texas-social-studies-textbook-under-fire-for-calling-slaves-workers The publisher of one of Texas’ controversial social studies textbooks has agreed to change a caption that describes African slaves as immigrant “workers”… Tue, 06 Oct 2015 15:51:05 GMT /texas-news/2015-10-06/texas-social-studies-textbook-under-fire-for-calling-slaves-workers Kiah Collier Texas Tribune /2015-07-13/how-textbooks-can-teach-different-versions-of-history About 5 million public school students in Texas this year will get new and controversial textbooks that critics say water down history. Mon, 13 Jul 2015 20:33:00 GMT /2015-07-13/how-textbooks-can-teach-different-versions-of-history Laura Isensee /education/2014-11-21/texas-approves-most-history-textbooks-despite-outcry 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… Fri, 21 Nov 2014 19:22:39 GMT /education/2014-11-21/texas-approves-most-history-textbooks-despite-outcry Associated Press /texas-news/2014-11-21/governor-elect-greg-abbott-promises-a-court-fight-over-obamas-executive-action Five stories that have North Texas talking: Texas Republicans are not pleased with last night’s executive action announcement, reception for a… Fri, 21 Nov 2014 15:12:48 GMT /texas-news/2014-11-21/governor-elect-greg-abbott-promises-a-court-fight-over-obamas-executive-action Krystina Martinez /2014-11-19/testimony-gets-heated-during-final-public-hearing-over-2015s-social-studies-texts 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... Wed, 19 Nov 2014 14:54:46 GMT /2014-11-19/testimony-gets-heated-during-final-public-hearing-over-2015s-social-studies-texts Ryan Poppe /education/2014-11-12/activists-and-professors-say-texas-textbooks-need-climate-change-edits University professors and activists are urging two major textbook publishers to modify climate change lessons in social studies books being considered for… Wed, 12 Nov 2014 22:51:38 GMT /education/2014-11-12/activists-and-professors-say-texas-textbooks-need-climate-change-edits Associated Press