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Texas education board gives preliminary OK to required reading list that includes Bible material

The board will have multiple opportunities to revise the list before a final vote in June. Before recent changes, the proposal’s length, lack of diversity and Christian focus received criticism.

The Texas Tribune

State Board of Education OKs Texas-heavy social studies plan, setting stage for clash over history lessons

Educators worry the plan will deemphasize topics like world geography, history and cultures. The board aims to vote on what specific content social studies lessons will include by next summer.

The Texas Tribune

Texas education leaders unveil Bible-infused elementary school curriculum

The proposed curriculum overhaul was released a week after the Texas GOP proposed requiring the Bible to be taught in public schools. School districts that opt to use them will get more funding.

The Texas Tribune

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State Board of Education eases stance on vouchers after previously rejecting “school choice” policies

This comes two days after Gov. Greg Abbott voiced his most explicit support yet of a new school choice policy at a Parent Empowerment Night event in Corpus Christi.

The Texas Tribune

For teens in Deep East Texas, accessing sex education and contraception is next to impossible

In conservative Sabine County, it’s hard for teens to access contraception or sex education beyond lessons on abstinence. The Deep East Texas region has one of the highest teen birth rates in the state.

The Texas Tribune

Author of “critical race theory” ban says Texas schools can still teach about racism

State Sen. Bryan Hughes, R-Mineola, said his intention was never to gloss over American history or have negative effects on teachers and administrators. His comments to the State Board of Education come as members consider new social studies curriculum.

The Texas Tribune

Texas educators want to nix "slavery"

The state education board asked the group to "reconsider their phrasing"

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Texas considers calling slavery ‘involuntary relocation’ in public school textbooks

Democrat on education board says ‘that’s not going to be acceptable’

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