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textbooks up for adoption by the Texas State Board of Education. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150524164759/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/09/16/texas-officials-more-time-needed-textbook-review/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150524164759/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/24/texplainer-does-ap-history-contain-common-core/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150524164759im_/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/23/HistoryTextBooks_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="The new U.S. history framework is the first of what will be updates to all 34 AP subjects offered as a result of a redesign effort launched by the College Board in 2006."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150524164759/https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/23/HistoryTextBooks_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="The new U.S. history framework is the first of what will be updates to all 34 AP subjects offered as a result of a redesign effort launched by the College Board in 2006." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo illustration by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">The new U.S. history framework is the first of what will be updates to all 34 AP subjects offered as a result of a redesign effort launched by the College Board in 2006.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150524164759/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/24/texplainer-does-ap-history-contain-common-core/">Texplainer: Does AP U.S. History Contain Common Core?</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150524164759/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/">Morgan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 24 Jul 2014 06:00:00 -0500" title="2014-07-24 06:00"> July 24, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150524164759/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/24/texplainer-does-ap-history-contain-common-core/comments/"><span class="value">25</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Hey, Texplainer:</span><span> If high school students take AP U.S. history, does that mean they are studying Common Core? Wouldn't that be illegal in Texas?</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150524164759/https://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/24/texplainer-does-ap-history-contain-common-core/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination clear"> </nav> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper-r"> <footer id="site_footer" class="wrapper-r"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> </div> <div id="footer" class="grid"> <dl id="staff_writers" class="cell w-3"> <dt>Writers</dt> <div class="cell w-6"> <dd> <a href="/web/20150524164759/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/becca-aaronson/">Becca Aaronson</a> </dd> <dd> <a href="/web/20150524164759/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a> </dd> <dd> <a href="/web/20150524164759/https://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/christine-ayala/">Christine Ayala</a> </dd> <dd> <a 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