Topic: Texas State Board of Education
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Opinion: What if public schools were mandated to teach Islamic creation in science class?
Conservative Christians intent on passing 'stealth creationism' bills are dangerously blurring the line between religion and state. If government endorses their religion, the door is open for teaching any belief – whether atheist or Islamic – in public schools.
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Opinion: The other Arizona battle: A new law makes ethnic studies classes illegal
Since when is it a bad to learn about different cultures?
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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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Texas textbook war: 'Slavery' or 'Atlantic triangular trade'?
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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Opinion: Hey, Texas, don't mess with textbooks: Public schools are no place for partisan agendas
Texas conservatives want to cut Thomas Jefferson, César Chávez, Edward Kennedy, and other 'liberals' from textbooks.
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In Texas, free-market economists get a boost from government
The Texas Board of Education says students will be exposed to free-market economists like Milton Friedman and Austrian economist Friedrich Hayek.
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