State Board of Education Fights Over History Books

Public testimony on the state's social studies curriculum has started here State Board of Education meeting. It's easy to tell from the banks of cameras and scribes, college students with bright yellow "Save Our History" t-shirts on and people from civil rights and conservative groups itching to testify.

Board president Gail Lowe, R-Lampases, just told the large crowd that they would only have two hours to give public testimony. That's an extension from the standard 30 minutes, but I suspect some in the crowd, many who traveled, will be irked. The first two speakers were state Reps ...

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