Topic: Social Studies Standards Debate

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The standards, known as <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=6148" target="_blank">Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)</a>, are reviewed, amended and adopted about every 10 years and guide what material is included in Texas textbooks for about 4.7 million public school students. </p> <p>In 2010, the changes put ...</p> </span> <p><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/about/">Read More...</a></p> </section> </section> </section> <section class="cells"> <div class="column main"> <article class=""> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/guest-column-please-no-state-board-embarrassment/">Guest Column: Please, No State Board of Embarrassment</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Michael Soto <li><time datetime="2011-06-16T05:00:00"> June 16, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/guest-column-please-no-state-board-embarrassment/comments/" title="">9 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/guest-column-please-no-state-board-embarrassment/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Michael-Soto-headshot_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Michael-Soto-headshot_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>The SBOE needs to think realistically and strategically about whom we serve and how we serve them. We need to keep children at the center of every last decision, big and small. And we need to put in place safeguards to keep us off <em>The Daily Show.</em></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/guest-column-please-no-state-board-embarrassment/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/guest-column-sboe-resists-herd-mentality/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Bradley_SBOE_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Bradley_SBOE_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/guest-column-sboe-resists-herd-mentality/">Guest Column: An SBOE That Resists the Herd Mentality</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by David Bradley <li><time datetime="2011-06-16T05:00:00"> June 16, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/guest-column-sboe-resists-herd-mentality/comments/" title="">4 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Following a legislative session that sought more accountability, monitoring and oversight of public education, the capacities of the <a href="State%20Board%20of%20Education" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a> will be severely tested. The good news is that the board’s 15 members are up to the task.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/guest-column-sboe-resists-herd-mentality/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/texas-social-studies-receive-failing-grade/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/us-textbooks_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/us-textbooks_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/texas-social-studies-receive-failing-grade/">Texas Social Studies Standards Receive Failing Grade</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/" class="author">Morgan Smith</a><li><time datetime="2011-02-16T11:17:12"> February 16, 2011 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/texas-social-studies-receive-failing-grade/comments/" title="">12 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>A report from a conservative education think tank says social studies standards in Texas give students a distorted and politicized view of history that, in one case, resembles "Soviet schools harping on the glories of state socialism."</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/texas-social-studies-receive-failing-grade/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sb/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/bob_craig_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="State Board of Education member Bob Craig, R-Lubbock, at the board's hearing Sept. 24, 2010." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/bob_craig_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="State Board of Education member Bob Craig, R-Lubbock, at the board's hearing Sept. 24, 2010." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">State Board of Education member Bob Craig, R-Lubbock, at the board's hearing Sept. 24, 2010.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sb/">SBOE OKs Resolution Alleging Muslim Bias in Textbooks</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by Tristan Hallman <li><time datetime="2010-09-24T17:50:27"> September 24, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sb/comments/" title="">2 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>After a spring filled with bitter culture wars over textbooks, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/likely-no-more-phys-ed-in-texas-public-schools/">Texas State Board of Education</a> reopened the fight today with — what else? — a fight over alleged "pro-Islamic/anti-Christian" bias in Texas textbooks. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sb/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_4"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-conservatives-allege-islamic-bias-in-books/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/mcleroy_don_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Don McLeroy, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, at the Texas Tribune offices in October." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/mcleroy_don_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Don McLeroy, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, at the Texas Tribune offices in October." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Don McLeroy, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, at the Texas Tribune offices in October.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-conservatives-allege-islamic-bias-in-books/">SBOE Conservatives Allege Islamic Bias in Textbooks</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-09-15T16:54:27"> September 15, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-conservatives-allege-islamic-bias-in-books/comments/" title="">2 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Members of the State Board of Education’s hard-right wing appear poised to inject themselves into the national fray over Islamic influence in America with a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.tfn.org/site/DocServer/SBOE_resolution_9.2010.pdf?docID=2041">resolution</a> warning textbook publishers that a “pro-Islamic/anti-Christian bias has tainted some past Texas Social Studies textbooks.”</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-conservatives-allege-islamic-bias-in-books/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_5"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texans-want-to-reform-state-board-of-education-/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/JustEducate_BD_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="An observer holds a protest sign during testimony at the State Board of Education (SBOE) textbook hearings on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. " width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/JustEducate_BD_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="An observer holds a protest sign during testimony at the State Board of Education (SBOE) textbook hearings on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. " class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">An observer holds a protest sign during testimony at the State Board of Education (SBOE) textbook hearings on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texans-want-to-reform-state-board-of-education-/">Texans Want to Reform State Board of Education </a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by Forrest Burnson <li><time datetime="2010-07-13T16:08:05"> July 13, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texans-want-to-reform-state-board-of-education-/comments/" title="">5 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Texans overwhelmingly reject the way the <a title="State Board of Education" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/">State Board of Education</a> sets requirements for textbooks and curriculum, which ignited a nationwide controversy earlier this year, according to a statewide survey the <a title="Texas Freedom Network" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.tfn.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TFN_homepage&cvridirect=true">Texas Freedom Network</a> released today.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texans-want-to-reform-state-board-of-education-/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_6"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-conservative-dunbar-read-a-liberals-prayer/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/mcleroyanddunbar_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Cynthia Dunbar and Don McLeroy" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/mcleroyanddunbar_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Cynthia Dunbar and Don McLeroy" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Cynthia Dunbar and Don McLeroy</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-conservative-dunbar-read-a-liberals-prayer/">SBOE Conservative Dunbar Read a Liberal's Prayer</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-21T19:26:11"> May 21, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-conservative-dunbar-read-a-liberals-prayer/comments/" title="">12 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>You know that prayer that before today's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a> meeting, which some found so inappropriate? It was read by arch-conservative Cynthia Dunbar, R-Richmond — but not written by her. In a gag on her detractors, she lifted the text from U.S. Supreme Court Justice and liberal icon Earl Warren.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-conservative-dunbar-read-a-liberals-prayer/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_7"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-approves-social-studies-standards/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/111310_SBOE_001_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Gail Lowe, Kirk Overby and Mavis Knight" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/111310_SBOE_001_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gail Lowe, Kirk Overby and Mavis Knight" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gail Lowe, Kirk Overby and Mavis Knight</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-approves-social-studies-standards/">SBOE Approves Social Studies Standards</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-21T17:28:44"> May 21, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-approves-social-studies-standards/comments/" title="">9 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>After a series of bombastic speeches, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/">State Board of Education</a> just approved the social studies curriculum on a party line vote of 9-5, with Geraldine Miller, R-Dallas, absent.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-approves-social-studies-standards/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_8"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-pierces-church-state-wall/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/dunbarandmcleroy_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt="SBOE members Don McLeroy and Cynthia Dunbar, at a meeting in March 2010." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/dunbarandmcleroy_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="SBOE members Don McLeroy and Cynthia Dunbar, at a meeting in March 2010." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">SBOE members Don McLeroy and Cynthia Dunbar, at a meeting in March 2010.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-pierces-church-state-wall/">SBOE Pierces Church-State Wall</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-21T15:29:35"> May 21, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-pierces-church-state-wall/comments/" title="">9 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/?page=2" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a> instructs students to "contrast" the intent of the Founding Fathers with the modern legal interpretation of the separation of church and state.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-pierces-church-state-wall/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_9"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-adds-back-thomas-jefferson-to-standards/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/gaillowe_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Gail Lowe" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/gaillowe_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gail Lowe" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gail Lowe</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-adds-back-thomas-jefferson-to-standards/">SBOE Adds Back Thomas Jefferson to Standards</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-21T13:41:23"> May 21, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>At long last, Thomas Jefferson returns to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a>’s world history standards, where he had been excised to <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2010/mar/22/tribblog-jeffersonian-democracy-and-sboe/">great controversy</a> earlier.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboe-adds-back-thomas-jefferson-to-standards/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_10"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboes-dunbar-prays-for-constitutional-revision/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/dunbarandmcleroy_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt="SBOE members Don McLeroy and Cynthia Dunbar, at a meeting in March 2010." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/dunbarandmcleroy_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="SBOE members Don McLeroy and Cynthia Dunbar, at a meeting in March 2010." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">SBOE members Don McLeroy and Cynthia Dunbar, at a meeting in March 2010.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboes-dunbar-prays-for-constitutional-revision/">SBOE's Dunbar Prays for Constitutional Revision</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-21T13:29:53"> May 21, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>In a morning prayer to open the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a> meeting, social conservative member Cynthia Dunbar, R-Richmond, mixed worship with a constitutional argument against the separation of church and state — previewing the politically charged debate to come later today, as conservatives tackle their last big agenda item before approving the<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/social-studies-standards-debate/" target="_blank"> state social studies standards.</a></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/sboes-dunbar-prays-for-constitutional-revision/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_11"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texas-board-of-education-fights-over-history/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/JustEducate_BD_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="An observer holds a protest sign during testimony at the State Board of Education (SBOE) textbook hearings on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. " width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/JustEducate_BD_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="An observer holds a protest sign during testimony at the State Board of Education (SBOE) textbook hearings on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. " class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">An observer holds a protest sign during testimony at the State Board of Education (SBOE) textbook hearings on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texas-board-of-education-fights-over-history/">Texas Board of Education Fights Over History</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-21T05:00:00"> May 21, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texas-board-of-education-fights-over-history/comments/" title="">14 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>A member of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a>'s <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/blogs/post/2010/apr/14/tribblog-aljazeera-meets-mcleroy/" target="_blank">internationally notorious</a> conservative wing trotted out Barack Obama's middle name late in a marathon meeting Thursday, a fitting end to a debate over social studies curriculum standards that was marked by irritable outbursts and inane dialogue. Members fought over slavery, Jefferson Davis, Joseph McCarthy — even over when they could finally adjourn. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texas-board-of-education-fights-over-history/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_12"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/audio/2010/may/20/sboe-gets-earful/">Public comments on the SBOE's textbook changes</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by Nathan Bernier <li><time datetime="2010-05-20T05:00:00"> May 20, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> Members of the State Board of Education, meeting in Austin this week, are scheduled to take a final vote on new social studies curriculum standards that will remain in place for a decade. Outside the meeting room at the William B. Travis Building, there is no shortage of opinions about the board's work. Nathan Bernier of KUT News reports. <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/audio/2010/may/20/sboe-gets-earful/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_13"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/texas-school-board-fights-church-state-separation/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/books_800px_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/books_800px_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/texas-school-board-fights-church-state-separation/">Texas School Board Fights Church-State Separation</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-20T05:00:00"> May 20, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/texas-school-board-fights-church-state-separation/comments/" title="">19 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>At a public hearing today, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a>'s social conservative bloc is expected to launch attacks on the church-state “wall” as part of hundreds of changes to the social studies curriculum standards, which could provide the outline for tests and textbooks years into the future. The board expects to take a final vote on the entire curriculum on Friday.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/social-studies-standards-debate/texas-school-board-fights-church-state-separation/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_14"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/behind-the-scenes-at-the-texas-sboe-meetings/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/sboe_exceptional_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/sboe_exceptional_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/behind-the-scenes-at-the-texas-sboe-meetings/">Behind the Scenes at the Texas SBOE Meetings</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/elise-hu/" class="author">Elise Hu</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-19T17:00:08"> May 19, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The show outside this week's State Board of Education meeting is almost as interesting as the show inside.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/behind-the-scenes-at-the-texas-sboe-meetings/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_15"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/texas-education-agency/rod-paige-address-state-board-of-education/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Rod_Paige001_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Rod_Paige001_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/texas-education-agency/rod-paige-address-state-board-of-education/">Rod Paige Address State Board of Education</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-19T10:36:41"> May 19, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/texas-education-agency/rod-paige-address-state-board-of-education/comments/" title="">4 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Former U.S. Secretary of Education and Houston Superintendent Rod Paige this morning asked the State Board of Education to delay adopting its standards, saying they had “swung too far” to the ideological right and diminished the importance of civil rights and slavery. Asked if the board should delay a final vote expected Friday, he said, "Absolutely."</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/texas-education-agency/rod-paige-address-state-board-of-education/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_16"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboes-history-rewrite-may-ultimately-not-matter/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/mcleroyanddunbar_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Cynthia Dunbar and Don McLeroy" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/mcleroyanddunbar_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Cynthia Dunbar and Don McLeroy" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Cynthia Dunbar and Don McLeroy</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboes-history-rewrite-may-ultimately-not-matter/">SBOE's History Rewrite May Ultimately Not Matter</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-19T05:00:00"> May 19, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboes-history-rewrite-may-ultimately-not-matter/comments/" title="">8 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Four members of the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a> who are exiting their seats in January are preparing to cast decisive votes this week on <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/the-revision-thing/" target="_blank">controversial curriculum revisions</a> that will alter <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/jan/12/hijacking-history/" target="_blank">social studies textbooks</a> for 4.7 million public school children in Texas. But, just maybe, not so fast: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/mar/03/state-board-education/" target="_blank">Two Republicans</a> who'll likely win election to the SBOE this fall, and a Democrat who is vying for another soon-to-be-vacated seat, said in interviews that they'd support reopening the standards process if consensus emerged on the newly constituted board. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboes-history-rewrite-may-ultimately-not-matter/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_17"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-to-debate-additional-amendments/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/mcleroy_don_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Don McLeroy, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, at the Texas Tribune offices in October." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/mcleroy_don_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Don McLeroy, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, at the Texas Tribune offices in October." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Don McLeroy, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, at the Texas Tribune offices in October.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-to-debate-additional-amendments/">SBOE to Debate Additional Amendments</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-05-14T15:30:53"> May 14, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-to-debate-additional-amendments/comments/" title="">25 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>When they meet in Austin next week, social conservatives on the State Board of Education — some now lame ducks — may be going even further with amendments challenging the separation of church and state, entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare, landmark desegregation cases and the work of muckraking journalists such as Susan B. Anthony and W.E.B. Du Bois. Another amendment amplifies a long-running effort to resuscitate the reputation of communist-hunting Sen. Joseph McCarthy.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-to-debate-additional-amendments/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_18"> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video"> <div class="youtube_player" tt_url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnQDyVIUAGY" tt_screencap="http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/MALC_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" style="background: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/MALC_png_312x176_crop_q100.png) no-repeat scroll 50% 50%; background-size: cover;"> <div class="placeholder"></div> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption">The State Board of Education is set to take a final vote on controversial social studies standards next month — but not if members of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Legislative Black Caucus can help it.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/videos/2010/apr/29/minority-retort/">Minority Texas Lawmakers Hold Hearing on SBOE</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/elise-hu/" class="author">Elise Hu</a><li><time datetime="2010-04-29T05:00:00"> April 29, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/videos/2010/apr/29/minority-retort/comments/" title="">1 Comment</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> The State Board of Education is set to take a final vote on controversial social studies standards next month — but not if members of the Mexican American Legislative Caucus and the Legislative Black Caucus can help it. <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/videos/2010/apr/29/minority-retort/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_19"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/minority-legislators-call-hearing-on-history-books/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/111310_SBOE_audience001_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="About 130 people signed up to address the State Board of Education about its social studies standards in a marathon meeting in January." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/111310_SBOE_audience001_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="About 130 people signed up to address the State Board of Education about its social studies standards in a marathon meeting in January." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">About 130 people signed up to address the State Board of Education about its social studies standards in a marathon meeting in January.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/minority-legislators-call-hearing-on-history-books/">Minority Legislators Call Hearing on History Books</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-04-21T16:57:13"> April 21, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The Mexican American Legislative Caucus, the Senate Hispanic Caucus and the House Black Caucus are throwing a "special hearing" to stoke backlash to the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a>'s recasting of American history. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/minority-legislators-call-hearing-on-history-books/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_20"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/don-mcleroy/arab-worlds-news-network-covers-texas-board-of-ed/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Screen_shot_2010-04-14_at_2.12.33_PM_png_312x176_crop_q100.png" alt="Don McLeroy, as he appeared in an interview for Al Jazeera." width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Screen_shot_2010-04-14_at_2.12.33_PM_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="Don McLeroy, as he appeared in an interview for Al Jazeera." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Don McLeroy, as he appeared in an interview for Al Jazeera.</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/don-mcleroy/arab-worlds-news-network-covers-texas-board-of-ed/">Arab World's News Network Covers Texas Board of Ed</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-04-14T13:42:50"> April 14, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>From the Department of You Can't Make This Stuff Up: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/04/20104933515560979.html">The Arab world's favorite news source takes on the State Board of Education</a>.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/don-mcleroy/arab-worlds-news-network-covers-texas-board-of-ed/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_21"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texas-textbooks-national-influence-is-a-myth/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/us-textbooks_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/us-textbooks_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texas-textbooks-national-influence-is-a-myth/">Texas Textbooks' National Influence Is a Myth</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-03-26T05:00:00"> March 26, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texas-textbooks-national-influence-is-a-myth/comments/" title="">6 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>Despite all the handwringing about Texas' influence on the textbook market nationally, it's just not so, publishing insiders say. The state's clout has been on the wane and will diminish more as technological advances and political shifts transform the industry.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/texas-textbooks-national-influence-is-a-myth/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_22"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/california-senator-seeks-to-ban-texas-textbooks/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/110509_bookstack001_rr_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/110509_bookstack001_rr_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/california-senator-seeks-to-ban-texas-textbooks/">California Senator Seeks to Ban Texas Textbooks</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-03-25T13:36:17"> March 25, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>A Golden State senator says our State Board of Education can put its conservative spin on U.S. history where the sun don't shine.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/public-education/california-senator-seeks-to-ban-texas-textbooks/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_23"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-removes-thomas-jefferson-blames-media/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/gaillowe_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Gail Lowe" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/gaillowe_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gail Lowe" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gail Lowe</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-removes-thomas-jefferson-blames-media/">SBOE Removes Thomas Jefferson, Blames Media</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-03-22T16:44:47"> March 22, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-removes-thomas-jefferson-blames-media/comments/" title="">2 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a> accuses unnamed "media" of "erroneously" reporting its removal of Thomas Jefferson from state world history standards. Trouble is, the board statement is guilty of the same alleged lack of context, and it follows a pattern. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-removes-thomas-jefferson-blames-media/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_24"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/chuck-norris-defends-state-board-of-education/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/chuck-norris1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/chuck-norris1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/chuck-norris-defends-state-board-of-education/">Chuck Norris Defends State Board of Education</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-03-17T18:10:56"> March 17, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/chuck-norris-defends-state-board-of-education/comments/" title="">1 Comment</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>"Don't mess with Texas ... textbooks," Norris orders liberals.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/chuck-norris-defends-state-board-of-education/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_25"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/colbert-report-satirizes-texas-history-textbooks/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/colbert_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/colbert_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/colbert-report-satirizes-texas-history-textbooks/">Colbert Report Satirizes Texas History Textbooks</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-03-17T14:37:53"> March 17, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/colbert-report-satirizes-texas-history-textbooks/comments/" title="">2 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>The Colbert Report joins the media fray over Texas history standards, joking "You see, Jefferson coined the term 'separation of church and state.' So Texas has coined the term, 'separation of Jefferson and history.'”</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/colbert-report-satirizes-texas-history-textbooks/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column gap"> <article class=" item_26"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-embraces-beatniks-but-shuns-rappers/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/barbaracargill_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Barbara Cargill" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/barbaracargill_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Barbara Cargill" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Barbara Cargill</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-embraces-beatniks-but-shuns-rappers/">SBOE Embraces Beatniks but Shuns Rappers</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-03-12T16:50:54"> March 12, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-embraces-beatniks-but-shuns-rappers/comments/" title="">1 Comment</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/">State Board of Education</a> conservatives stand up for the sex-and-drugs Beat Generation, but still can't stomach the sex-and-drugs Hip-Hop generation.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/sboe-embraces-beatniks-but-shuns-rappers/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="column"> <article class=" item_27"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/social-conservatives-rewrite-history-standards/"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/barbaracargill_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Barbara Cargill" width="312" height="176"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/barbaracargill_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Barbara Cargill" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Barbara Cargill</div> </div> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/social-conservatives-rewrite-history-standards/">Social Conservatives Rewrite History Standards</a></h1> <ul class="meta separate separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/brian-thevenot/" class="author">Brian Thevenot</a><li><time datetime="2010-03-12T05:00:00"> March 12, 2010 </time></li><li class="icon comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/social-conservatives-rewrite-history-standards/comments/" title="">7 Comments</a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>At Thursday's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/topics/state-board-education-sboe/" target="_blank">State Board of Education</a> meeting, as conservatives had their way with social studies standards, voting to limit the discussion of race and gender issues and to challenge the notion of separation of church and state, Democratic members were left to sulk and seethe — and walk out.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20120523151450/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/state-board-of-education/social-conservatives-rewrite-history-standards/">Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> </section> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled prev"><span>&lsaquo;</span> previous</span></li><li><span class="current page">1</span></li><li><a href="?page=2" class="page">2</a></li><li class="last"><a href="?page=2" class="next">next <span>&rsaquo;</span></a></li></ul> </div> <script> $(window).load(function () { // Collect cells into row arrays. var $cells = $('.grid > .cells > *'); 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