Critics challenge Texas' new social studies textbooks
AUSTIN — Four years after State Board of Education members clashed over history standards in Texas schools, publishers are facing criticism over new textbooks and e-books based on those changes.
The Texas Freedom Network, an education advocacy and watchdog group, fired the first warning shot Wednesday. It challenged several of the books under consideration for U.S. history, government, world history and other social studies courses.
The criticism came a week before board members hold a public hearing on the proposed materials. It must approve new textbooks and electronic books, which will be distributed to schools next fall.
“Extensive reviews of these textbooks show that they suffer from many of the same serious flaws that plague” the social studies curriculum standards the board approved in 2010, the advocacy group said.
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