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==Texas== | ==Texas== | ||
[http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6148 Texas Education Agency] (TEA) Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) | |||
From the New York Times, March 13, 2010, [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/education/13texas.html Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change]. | |||
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. | |||
Texas school board members have reportedly tried to institute Young Earth Creationism in the schools, as well. | |||
==Utah== | ==Utah== | ||