1+ week, 6+ day ago   (573+ words) Published 5:32 am Tuesday, September 1, 2026 By Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune A rewrite of what Texas high schoolers learn in history, government and geography is expected to receive final approval this week. The Texas State Board of Education will decide, for…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (250+ words) AUSTIN — The Texas State Board of Education concluded its June 22-26 meeting with major decisions affecting the future of public education across the state, including the adoption of revised social studies standards and continued work on new personal financial literacy requirements…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (358+ words) The board’s nine appointed content advisors also removed standards that defined racial segregation as “keeping people apart based on the color of their skin” and specified that Africans endured slavery in the U.S. because of their race. That’s a…...

2+ mon, 4+ hour ago   (642+ words) A state curriculum, a reading list, and new social studies standards add up to a coherent—and unfashionable—vision of what public schools are for. This June, the Texas State Board of Education adopted new social studies standards and a…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (675+ words) This June, the Texas State Board of Education adopted new social studies standards and a required literature reading list for its public schools. These changes follow Texas’s 2024 release of its “Bluebonnet” curriculum, a package of instructional resources for elementary school,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (175+ words) University of Phoenix College of General Studies announces the publication of a new peer-reviewed article in The Geography Teacher, authored by Jacquelyn Kelly, Ph.D., associate dean, College of General Studies; Dianna Gielstra, Ph.D., full-time faculty, Environmental Science Program; Tomáš J....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1220+ words) Both Minnesota and Texas are in the process of implementing new social studies standards that brought backlash for their politicized origin, alleged instructional bias, and sweeping changes. Besides the fact that Texas boasts the beginning of Interstate-35 and Minnesota the…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (160+ words) KSAT Texas Board of Education approves new social studies curriculum for elementary and middle schoolers Texas will minimize racial, geographic and cultural diversity in social studies lessons after the State Board of Education approved a rewrite of K-8 social studies curriculum....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (885+ words) In most states, students in elementary and middle school learn about history in much the same way. Local and state history is often taught in fourth grade, for example. U.S. history is common in fifth grade. Some world history and geography,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (175+ words) Mary Elizabeth Castle, Director of Government Relations said: Other good amendments included students learning about Moses’ influence on our common laws and inspiration for historical events like the abolition of slavery. In earlier years and during the week, attempts were…...