“Highly inaccurate” news reports on changes to the social studies standards raised the ire of conservatives.
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TribBlog: History Hearings Off to Hot Start
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.
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The Revision Thing
Two months after their controversial meetings about proposed changes to the social studies curriculum, State Board of Education members meet today to resume their deliberations. To help you follow along as the SBOE’s ideological blocs scrap over a flood of amendments, we’ve produced this annotated version of the high school history standards.
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Economy
2010: White Starts the Argument [Updated]
Democrat Bill White said he won’t rely on “Soviet-style budgeting” and “hot air politics” if he’s elected governor, and said the state should make education its first priority and would be better off with a governor who’s got business experience when it comes to economic development.
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Public Education
TribBlog: Restraints Bill Passes U.S. House
The U.S. House has passed the Keeping All Students Safe Act, a measure designed to protect students from abusive restraints in school settings.
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Public Education
The SBOE, Revised
The State Board of Education likely won’t be quite as much of a Christian Conservative flash point any more. What it will be, however, is anybody’s guess.
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Public Education
SBOE 12: Miller Loses to Political Unknown Clayton
With all precincts reporting, State Board of Education member Geraldine “Tincy” Miller has lost her seat to challenger George Clayton in the GOP primary for District 12.
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SBOE 5: Tuggey Concedes to Mercer
Tim Tuggey conceded the race for the GOP nomination to incumbent Ken Mercer in State Board of Education District 5.
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SBOE 9: McLeroy Loses Seat to Ratliff
With all precincts reporting, State Board of Education incumbent Don McLeroy has lost to challenger Thomas Ratliff in the race for District 9 by a razor thin margin — less than 1,000 votes.
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TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Ramshaw on the state’s quiet sharing of infant blood samples with the military and on the things Rick Perry’s opponents aren’t saying about him, Grissom on Farouk Shami’s surprising popularity in El Paso, Philpott on the political advantages of a job creation fund and how Debra Medina’s supporters are reacting to her “truther” comments, Hu on Debra Medina in the latest installment of Stump Interrupted, Thevenot on how the kids feel about the federal option of closing bad high schools, Rapoport on the newest mutation of the state’s pay-as-you-go transportation philosophy, and our roundup of party primaries in the last week before the election: Rapoport on HD-7, Ramsey on HD-11, Aguilar on HD-36 and HD-43, Philpott on HD-47, Thevenot on HD-52 and SD-5, Kreighbaum on HD-105 and one Supreme Court race, M. Smith on another, and Hamilton on the colorful Democratic candidates for Agriculture Commissioner. The best of our best from February 22 to 26, 2010.