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In Texas, social studies textbooks get a conservative make-over

The Texas State Board of Education has approved controversial changes to social studies textbooks, pushing high school teaching in a more conservative direction.
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Changes to social studies textbooks in Texas proposed by conservatives have resulted in a partisan uproar and generated interest far beyond the Lone Star State.

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Topic: Department of Curriculum and Instruction

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In Texas, social studies textbooks get a conservative make-over

Texas textbook war: 'Slavery' or 'Atlantic triangular trade'?

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