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New standards in history class
Texas board endorses conservative-backed curriculum
By GARY SCHARRER
Copyright 2010 Houston Chronicle
March 13, 2010, 7:27AM
AUSTIN
— The State Board of Education tentatively approved new standards for
social studies Friday with members divided along party lines — some
blasting them as a fraud and conservative whitewash, others praising
them as a tribute to the Founding Fathers that rightly portrays America
as an exceptional country.
The standards,
which will influence history and government textbooks arriving in
public schools in fall 2011, were adopted by 10 Republicans against
five Democrats after weeks of debate and across a racial and
ideological chasm that seemed to grow wider as the proposal was
finalized Thursday.
The document faces a public hearing and a final board vote in May.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6910429.html