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| ==Texas== | | ==Texas== |
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| + | [http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6148 Texas Education Agency] (TEA) Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) |
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| + | From the New York Times, March 13, 2010, [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/education/13texas.html Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change]. |
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| + | AUSTIN, Tex. — After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board |
| + | of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will |
| + | put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing |
| + | the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding |
| + | Fathers’ commitment to a purely secular government and presenting |
| + | Republican political philosophies in a more positive light. |
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| + | Texas school board members have reportedly tried to institute Young Earth Creationism in the schools, as well. |
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| ==Utah== | | ==Utah== |