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Texas approves new textbooks after friction over fossil fuels in the US's biggest oil and gas state
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoTexas’ education board approved new science textbooks Friday but called on some publishers to remove...
Grumet: Protests are a part of U.S. history. What story will Texas' textbooks tell?
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWriting letters and asking nicely hadn’t worked. So on a warm March day in 1990, Maria R. Palacios...
Approval of new science textbooks for Texas students could spark climate change debate
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe approval of new science textbooks for Texas schoolchildren this week could lead to debate about...
Texas board rejects many science textbooks over climate change messaging
Texas Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education this week rejected most of the proposed...
US history is complex. Scholars say this is the right way to teach about slavery, racism.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Houston teenager preternaturally keen on research and activism was at home this summer, searching...
How does Alabama choose textbooks? Slowly.
The Montgomery Advertiser via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAlabama may be a conservative state. But conservative activists still insist the textbooks here are too left-wing. Earlier this year, the State Board of...
Fort Worth schools largely skip our rich local history. This book can help fill the void
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoEvery town needs a general history for its young people, something written on their level that...
No more Texas history classes? Proposed social studies standards worry some educators
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoAs the Texas State Board of Education works to retool the state’s guidelines for what and when...
As Nazis casually dine in Fort Worth, hate threatens vital civil-rights victories | Opinion
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 7 months agoHistory isn’t merely confined to the pages of textbooks or the corners of museums; it’s a living...
Texas professor wins John Lewis award for spotlighting history of racial violence
NBC Universal via AOL· 2 years agoSouth Texas College professor Trinidad Gonzales won the 2022 John Lewis Award for his work on the...