The State Board of Education has adopted new social studies and history guidelines for Texas high school classrooms. The standards also will be used by

The Texas Board of Education is putting the finishing touches on a final set of proposed social study standards. For months the two sides have been far apart

The Texas State Board of Education preliminarily adopted new social studies standards Friday after days of heated debate marked by race and politics, shaping

The Texas Board of Education held a second day of hearings over the content of its school textbooks, and the conflict was heated.

Members of the Texas State Board of Education are trying to hash out what should and should not be in the social studies textbooks of 4.7 million students in

Battle lines are being drawn in Texas over what content should be put in school textbooks. And the decision of the Texas Board of Education could be felt in

Decisions made at the state and local school level in Texas about content for student textbooks directly impacts what children are being taught across the

Textbooks across the country are going under the microscope. There are groups that are asking that certain dates and famous names be removed from the books.

The State Board of Education listened to testimony Wednesday before a tentative vote scheduled later this week on new history and social studies curriculum

Community activists and members of LULAC say Latinos have been left out for far too long when it comes to what's included in history books, and they're going

Members of the state school board on Thursday started reviewing standards for new textbooks. The latest draft eliminates the mention of Christmas and the

A proposal for a new social studies curriculum for Texas public schools removes the word "Christmas" in a sixth-grade lesson.

The Texas board of Education has a final vote Friday on how science is taught in Texas schools. The board voted tentatively Thursday to remove the requirement

The battle over how to teach evolution in Texas classrooms is the assignment of the day for state school board members. Those on both sides of the issue held