SBOE Meeting and Adoption Vote (March 10-12, 2010)
- Traci Shurley, “Texas State Board of Education Abruptly Delays Vote on Social Studies Curriculum,” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, January 15, 2010
- Garry Scharrer, “Does the State Board Need a History Test?” San Antonio Express-News, March 9, 2010
- Peter Doocy, “Textbook Battle Lines Drawn Over History,” Fox News.com, March 9, 2010
- Garry Scharrer, “Critics Say Ed Board Could Use History Lesson,” Houston Chronicle, March 9, 2010
- NEW Texas Education Agency, “Fox Inaccurately Reporting State Board of Education Action,” March 10, 2010
- NEW Terrence Stutz, “Fox News Clarifies Reports on Texas’ Social Studies Curriculum, But Doesn’t Apologize,” Dallas Morning News, March 11, 2010
- NEW Kate Alexander, “Side Show Takes Center State in Social Studies Fight,” Austin American-Statesman, March 11, 2010
- NEW “Textbook War continues in Austin,” My Fox Detroit, March 11, 2010
- NEW Brad Hirschfield, “God, History and the Texas Public Schools: A Debate that Impacts Us All,” The Huffington Post, March 11, 2010
- NEW Paul Thornton, “Potential Texas School Books: Was Jefferson David that Bad a Guy?” Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2010
- NEW Gary Scharrer, “SBOE Member Clash Over Racial Balance in History,” Houston Chronicle, March 11, 2010
- NEW Kelly Shackelford, “Why the Texas Textbook Wars Matter to Every American,” Fox News.com, March 11, 2010
- NEW Terrence Stutz, “Fox News Tries to Clarify Erroneous Reports About Social Studies Curriculum Debate,” Dallas Morning News, March 12, 2010
- NEW Texas Education Agency, “Social Studies Standards Win State Board’s Backing,” March 12, 2010
- NEW April Castro, “Texas Ed Board Adopts Social Studies Standards,” Associated Press, March 12, 2010
- NEW Jennifer Borget, “Texas Education Board Adopts Social Studies Standards,” News 8 Austin, March 12, 2010
- NEW Maggie Kirkman, “TX Board of Ed Passes Curriculum,” Fox News.com, March 12, 2010
- NEW “Interview Archive: A Battle for the History Books,” Fox News.com, March 12, 2010
- NEW Erik Robelen, “Texas Board Tentatively OKs Social Studies Standards,” Education Week, March 12, 2010
Reactions to the Adopted TEKS
- NEW “Texas Ed Board Reflects Far Right Influences,” Associated Press, March 12, 2010
- NEW James C. McKinley Jr., “Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change,” New York Times, March 13, 2010
- NEW Charles Cooper, “More Jesus, Less Darwin? In Texas, Yes,” CBS News, March 14, 2010
- NEW “Thank You, Texas,” New York Sun [editorial], March 14, 2010
- NEW Diane Ravitch, “‘T’ is for ‘Texas Textbooks’,” The Daily Beast, March 14, 2010
- NEW Gabriel Winant, “Texas Messes with History,” Salon.com, March 14, 2010
- NEW Laurie Fendrich, “The Enlightenment, Texas Style,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 14, 2010
- NEW Sara Kost, “New Texas Standards Rewrite History,” Dallas Examiner, March 14, 2010
- NEW John Brummett, “Forget the Alamo,” Arkansas News, March 14, 2010
- NEW Jeremy Binckes, “How the Texas Textbook Revision Came to Be,” Huffington Post, March 15, 2010
- NEW John Willingham, “The Texas State Board of Education’s Reasons for Elevating Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson,” History News Network, March 15, 2010
- NEW Anthony Mariani, “Texas Board of Education Politicizes Textbooks” Fort Worth Weekly, March 15, 2010
- NEW Lean Jones, “Texas Approves New Social Studies Curriculum,” Christian Web News, March 15, 2010
- NEW Binoy Kampmark, “Moving Right and Going Wrong: Education in Texas,” Scoop [New Zealand], March 15, 2010
- “HNN Hot Topics: Texas’ History Curriculum,” History News Network [assembles news and commentary]
Find links to the latest info at TEKSWatch
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