News Guide: Texas' latest history textbook tussle
The Texas Board of Education is poised to vote Tuesday on more than 100 proposed social studies, history, geography and government textbooks that publishers have submitted for approval and use in...
View ArticleUPDATE 1-Texas school board approves textbooks criticized for religious bent
(Updates with vote) By Jon Herskovitz and Jim Forsyth AUSTIN, Texas Nov 21 (Reuters) - The Texas State Board of Education, whose decisions can have national ramifications, on Friday approved nearly 100...
View ArticleA guide to Texas' latest textbook tussle
The Texas Board of Education is poised to vote today on more than 100 proposed social studies, history, geography and government textbooks that publishers have submitted for approval for use in...
View ArticleTexas's Latest History Textbook Tussle
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- The Texas Board of Education is poised to vote Tuesday on more than 100 proposed social studies, history, geography and government textbooks that publishers have submitted for...
View ArticleEvolution debate and textbooks engulfs Texas Board of Education
Published November 23, 2013Associated Press Nov. 21: Texas Board of Education is casting critical votes on new science textbooks for use statewide.AP AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Board of Education used a...
View ArticleEvolution lessons in Texas biology textbook will stay, board says
DALLAS (Reuters) - A panel of experts has rejected concerns by religious conservatives in Texas that a high school biology textbook contained factual errors about evolution and a state board approved...
View ArticleTexas board OKs textbook review rule changes
AUSTIN — The Texas Board of Education imposed tighter rules Friday on the citizen review panels that scrutinize proposed textbooks, potentially softening fights over evolution, religion’s role in U.S....
View ArticleTexas board approves textbook review rule changes
AUSTIN, TEXAS: The Texas Board of Education imposed tighter rules Friday on the citizen review panels that scrutinize proposed textbooks, potentially softening fights over evolution, religion’s role in...
View ArticleReuters: Evolution lessons in Texas biology textbook will stay, board says...
(Source: The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life) DALLAS(Reuters) - A panel of experts has rejected concerns by religious conservatives in Texas that a high school biology textbook contained...
View ArticleTexas may let academics check textbooks for factual errors
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas could allow university professors to fact-check textbooks approved for statewide use, after a ninth-grade world geography book referred to African slaves as "workers." The...
View ArticleTexas board may vote to let academics check school textbooks
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas may vote this week on having outside experts check textbooks used in its public school classrooms for...
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