New Texas Curriculum Stirs Debate over Politics in the Classroom

An “ultraconservative” voting bloc on the Texas Board of Education has pushed through curriculum changes that have elicited criticism from liberals and historians, and could impact the textbooks used by students outside the state.
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On Friday, March 12, after three days of contentious meetings, the Texas Board of Education passed a series of controversial changes to the state’s social studies curriculum. According to The New York Times, this new curriculum “will put a conservative stamp on history … stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely secular government and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.”

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{posted by Victoria Bell}