The Texas Board of Education is revising history textbooks. Omitting Thomas Jefferson, democracy, teaching that rape is a choice, that McCarthyism was good, and other radical changes. Texas is perennially among the lowest ranked states in education but these changes may be coming to your local school district
AUSTIN, Texas — A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade.
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