Texas education board members have reached some consensus on language that relates to challenging scientific theories about evolution.
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Texas education board to consider compromise on evolution standards
The State Board of Education will take a final vote this week on whether to modify language in high school biology curriculum standards that would require students to challenge evolutionary science.
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We’re pushing out our updated Texas Public Schools Explorer, which lets you easily find graduation rates, test scores and more for all of the 1,207 school districts and 8,673 public school campuses in Texas for the 2015-16 school year.
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In preliminary vote, State Board of Education keeps controversial evolution standards
A day after hearing from scientists begging them to remove controversial language from science standards that some say opens the door to creationism, State Board of Education members took a preliminary vote Wednesday to do the opposite.
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Board of Ed prepares to vote on evolution science standards
A day before voting on changes to science standards, the State Board of Education heard from a line of scientists urging removal of language they say challenges evolution — and a handful of those in opposition.
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State Board of Education to debate language in state standards on evolution
State Board of Education members will hear public testimony Tuesday on science curriculum standards that teach students to discredit evolution. They will discuss potential amendments to the standards Wednesday.
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2016 Year in Review
School finance, testing fiasco topped 2016 education news
School districts lost a court case that could have forced the state to reform its school finance system, and federal officials toured Texas to investigate claims that special education services were arbitrarily capped.
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State education board focuses again on teaching of evolution
Language challenging evolution was removed from high school biology standards because it seemed too difficult for students to analyze and evaluate, the state education board was told Wednesday.
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Republicans prevail in Texas State Board of Education races
Republicans seeking re-election to the State Board of Education managed to hang onto their seats Tuesday despite speculation that Republican Donald Trump at the top of the ballot might flip some races.
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Trump trickle-down could impact education board races
Several Democrats aiming to unseat incumbent Republicans believe the relative unpopularity of the Republican at the top of the ticket, Donald Trump, will help propel them to victory in the Nov. 8 general election.
