Texas Education Board Approves Conservative Curriculum Changes By Far-Right

Huffington Post by April Castro | Mar. 13, 2010 (News Report)

Decisions by the board – made up of lawyers, a dentist and a weekly newspaper publisher among others – can affect textbook content nationwide because Texas is one of publishers' biggest clients.

Ultraconservatives wielded their power over hundreds of subjects this week, introducing and rejecting amendments on everything from the civil rights movement to global politics. Hostilities flared and prompted a walkout Thursday by one of the board's ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Mar 12, 2010 - 4:12 PM PST
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Mar 13, 2010 - 10:45 AM PST

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 by Dwight Rousu - Mar. 19, 2010

Censored and biased history and politics in Texas affect all other states, except perhaps California which has it's own standards. This story tells the details of a critical fault in American education.

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