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SBOE Approves an Evolution in Texas Textbooks
Over loud objections, the State Board of Education voted to approve high school biology textbooks discussing evolution.
"...adoption of all 11 of the high school biology textbooks recommended by Texas Education Agency staff, following professional and..."

Nov. 14, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Braces Looks to the Left
Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel
"...The Texas State Board of Education, a perennial hotbed of right-wing..."

Feb. 21, 2020 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Right Wing Texas State Board of Education Looks to the Left
Central Texas voters can help transform deep-red education panel
"...The Texas State Board of Education, a perennial hotbed of right-wing..."

Feb. 18, 2020 News Post by Mary Tuma

Panel Finds 'Serious Flaws' in SBOE-Backed Social Studies Textbooks
Independent reviewers find more than a dozen factual distortions
"...An independent review of Texas social studies textbooks reveals distortions of history on topics..."

Sept. 10, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Despite "Flawed" Process, SBOE Votes for Social Studies Textbooks
Vote on books falls along party lines
"...pages of textbook revisions and public comments flooding the Texas Education Agency, a majority of the State Board of..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Texas Faith and Freedom
Samantha Smoot recounts her work with the Texas Freedom Network
"...Samantha Smoot, executive director of the Texas Freedom Network since 1998, recently announced her resignation, effective..."

Oct. 15, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

News Roundup: Tragedies and Textbooks
Another officer-involved shooting; Waco shootout update
"...a man in 2014; an educator highlights how 2010 textbooks white-out history following this month's growing controversy over the..."

July 13, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Publishers Remove Climate Change Denialism From Textbooks
Pressure from science, education groups leads to revisions
"...and education advocacy groups, two of the state’s largest textbooks publishers have rid their books of climate change denialism...."

Nov. 17, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Rally Planned to Oppose Racist Mexican-American Textbooks
Coalition will hold rally before SBOE public hearing on Tuesday
"...activists are gearing up to fight against proposed Mexican-American textbooks deemed racially offensive and overflowing with historical errors...."

Sept. 12, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

SBOE Member Wants to “Deny Hispanics” Vote on Racist Mexican-American Textbooks
Education watchdog reveals e-mail exchange after public info request
"...One week after the Texas State Board of Education held a public hearing on..."

Sept. 21, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Opinion: On Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Shootings, Asian Americans Still Erased in Texas
With the State Board of Education updating our history curriculum, we have an opportunity now to highlight Asian American narratives for future generations of Texas students
"...This year, the Texas State Board of Education updates our social studies curriculum..."

March 18, 2022 Column by Ashley Cheng

Chronicle Endorsements: State of Texas
Senate, House, State Board of Education, and more races
"...Rampant gerrymandering makes most Texas Senate seats so secure that endorsements are almost irrelevant...."

Oct. 21, 2016 News Feature

No Sex, Please, We're Texas
Progressive coalition challenges abstinence-only health textbooks
"...control the selection of the state's high school health textbooks is putting sexually active teens at risk, a coalition..."

July 9, 2004 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Should Texas Science Textbooks Cover Climate Change?
Kids are affected by it but can't learn about it
"...for a decade, even though it wasn't required by Texas' education standards, the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. Events..."

Nov. 3, 2023 News Feature by Emily Engelbart

News Roundup: Textbooks, Buehler, and More
Your Monday morning news update
"...• Revising the Revisionists: While several errors remain in Texas’ troubled history textbooks, publishers have taken steps to rid..."

Oct. 27, 2014 News Post by the News Staff

Texas State Board of Education
"...future on education. Two Travis County-based seats at the Texas State Board of Education, historically a breeding ground for..."

Aug. 26, 2016 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Luv Doc Recommends: Texas Freedom Network's 13th Annual Celebration
La Zona Rosa, Saturday, October 4, 2008
"...which sadly seems to be when most Christian fundamentalist textbooks were approved. Fundamentalist dogma is pretty much the same..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

New Textbooks Damaging
"...To the editor, Re: "Texas Remains Sexless" [News, Nov. 12]. The new textbooks passed..."

Dec. 2, 2004 Postmarks

NAACP and LULAC: Texas Education System Violates Federal Law
State board members say they're just whining
"...On Dec. 19, the Texas State Conference of the National Association for the Advance­ment..."

Dec. 31, 2010 News Feature by Michael King

Fiddling While Texas Burns
The fight over "tort-reform" is masking a bigger battle over state priorities.
"...My favorite moment thus far in the unending Texas House "tort-reform" debate occurred Tuesday afternoon, when Houston Democrat..."

March 28, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Texas' True Legacy
"...museum in the Palm building. Hopefully some day the Texas school textbooks will cover the true legacy of Texas,..."

June 14, 2021 Postmarks

SBOE Evades an Initial Vote on Social Studies Books
Right-wing claims books too pro-Islam, promote Communist values
"...While they were expected to take a preliminary vote..."

Nov. 19, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

The Revisionaries
When it comes to choosing public-school textbooks, what happens in Texas is of national concern – and this documentary captures these culture wars in full bloom.
"...As goes Texas, so goes the nation – at least that’s true..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Science Groups Demand Textbook Publishers Remove Climate Change Denialism
Social studies textbooks under fire for climate change errors
"...Textbooks publishers are guilty of including inaccurate and misleading information..."

Nov. 12, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Naked City
The University Co-Op becomes a textbook monopoly.
"...the typical parking quandary and add/drop nightmare -- buying textbooks with only one option...."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Jennie Kennedy

News Roundup: Refugees, Republicans, & Rhetoric
Refugee politics take center stage
"...Dem congressman backpedals hard from an anti-refugee bill; the Texas Board of Education opts for ignorance (again); and more...."

Nov. 22, 2015 News Post by the News Staff

Right-Wing Revolution
Conservative Christians Target Texas Board of Education
"...(SBOE) does, there are plenty of religious right-wingers in Texas who could. The 15-member SBOE board -- which has..."

Oct. 11, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

State Board of Education Rejects Racist Mexican-American Textbook
Board votes unanimously to dump controversial, error-riddled book
"...Some textbooks are too politicized for even the State Board of..."

Nov. 16, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...I'm a Texas certified biology teacher, and I testified against the addition..."

Aug. 15, 2003 Column

Big Fish,Small Bowl
On View: Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Moses
"...about 30 students clamoring outside his office at the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the new Commissioner of Education decided..."

Feb. 2, 1996 News Feature by Roseana Auten

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