Must-know figures could change for Texas students

Associated Press by April Castro | Sep. 16, 2009 (News Report)

Does civil rights activist Cesar Chavez belong alongside Benjamin Franklin as an example of a model American citizen? Should Texas schoolchildren be required to identify Rush Limbaugh? How big a place does the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall — most famous for his victory in integrating the nation's schools — deserve in the history books?

The conservative-dominated Texas State Board of Education debates changes beginning ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Glenn LaBauve - Sep 16, 2009 - 2:50 PM PDT
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 by Glenn LaBauve - Sep. 16, 2009

Not stated is that Texas approved school books are used by the vast majority of school districts nationwide, and that is the reason this story is of importance to everyone.

After 16 * years of know nothing ultra conservatives in charge of state goverment, Texas risks becoming the new Mississippi(normally ranked 50 of ... More »

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