Texas rejects plan to let academics fact-check textbooks
The Texas Board of Education rejected measure that would've had college professors ok its textbooks, despite claims they're ideologically slanted. The Texas Board of Education voted 8-7 to reject a...
View ArticleTexas rejects allowing academics to fact-check public school textbooks
Texas' education officials rejected allowing university experts fact-check textbooks approved for the state's 5.2 million public-school students. ......
View ArticleTexas Institute for Education Reform amicus brief for the school finance...
(Source: Texas Public Policy Foundation) The final oral arguments for the current school finance litigation were heard before the Texas Supreme Court on September...
View ArticleS Korea’s history textbook war intensifies
South Korea yesterday pushed ahead with a highly controversial plan to introduce government- issued history textbooks in schools, despite angry protests by opposition parties and academics. The policy...
View ArticleSNU Professors Voice Opinions on Government Plans for New History Textbooks...
(Source: Seoul National University) The South Korean government announced that from 2017, all secondary schools must use textbooks issued by the state. This was a definitive decision made by the...
View ArticleAdditional open textbooks available for students (Government of British...
(Source: Government of British Columbia) KAMLOOPS - Post-secondary students and instructors can now access more than 120 textbooks online, including more than 50 new textbooks focussed on skills...
View ArticleHow much freedom do parents have when home-schooling children? This Texas...
A Texas family whose nine children have been home-schooled for more than a decade is facing a legal battle after being accused of not teaching educational basics, the Associated Press reports. What...
View ArticleDr. Forrest Watson's amicus brief for the school finance trials (Texas Public...
(Source: Texas Public Policy Foundation) Dr. Forrest Watson has unique and extensive personal experience in the field of Texas education. He has served as a school superintendent for over thirty-five...
View ArticleNational award for nursing textbook edited by CQUni academics (Central...
(Source: Central Queensland University) National award for nursing textbook edited by CQUni academics National award for nursing textbook edited by CQUni academics Published:12 November 2015 The...
View ArticleTextbooks inaccurately present science on climate change as uncertain and...
(Source: Stanford University) Stanford Report, November 23, 2015 Stanford research shows that some California science textbooks by major publishers portray climate change as a debate over different...
View ArticleBevin endorses bill allowing home-schooled students to play sports at public...
State Rep. Stan Lee has prefiled a bill for the 2016 General Assembly that would allow home-schooled students to play athletics on public school teams. It's the second time Lee, R-Lexington, has filed...
View ArticleAffordable College Textbook Act referred to committee
Last month, a bill to help alleviate the astronomical expense of college textbooks was introduced in Congress. Known as the Affordable College Textbook Act, the legislation calls for grants to be given...
View ArticleGov't Selects Authors for Official History Textbooks
Forty-seven people have been selected for a controversial project to write official history textbooks for use in middle and high schools. The state-run National Institute of Korean History said Monday...
View ArticleGoldwater Institute amicus brief for the school finance trials (Texas Public...
(Source: Texas Public Policy Foundation) The Goldwater Institute is a Phoenix, Arizona-based nonprofit policy organization established in 1988 with the help of the late Senator Barry Goldwater. It is...
View ArticleSouth Korea accused of rewriting history in new school textbooks
Revisionism row intensifies as ministers push ahead with plans for state-issued texts to correct ‘pro-North Korean’ bias...
View ArticleHistory war: South Korean government to publish school textbooks to ‘correct...
South Korea on Tuesday pushed ahead with a highly controversial plan to introduce government-issued history textbooks in schools, despite angry protests by opposition parties and academics. The policy...
View ArticleCalifornia public school textbooks mislead students on climate, study says
Books voice doubt over whether climate change is real and suggest global warming could be beneficial, researchers say in analysis of four science texts...
View ArticleA high school heroine has South Koreans fighting over history textbooks
One of the most fondly remembered historical figures in South Korea was not a ruler or military commander but a diminutive high school girl who took on an empire. In 1919, at the age of 18, Yu Gwan-sun...
View ArticleCalifornia school textbooks seen as spineless on climate change
Science textbooks in California schools — including in San Francisco and Oakland — are wishy-washy when it comes to climate change, offering middle school students caveats and conditional language that...
View ArticleState Board of Education to explore digital textbooks and technology use in...
(Source: Texas Education Agency) The State Board of Education will host a learning roundtable on Tuesday, Nov. 17, in Austin to explore the increasing use of digital textbooks and technology in the...
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