Could Texas' Gingrich-Based High School History Curriculum Go National? | TPMMuckraker - 0 views
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Tom Daccord on 04 Sep 09Could Texas' Gingrich-Based High School History Curriculum Go National?
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Tom Daccord on 04 Sep 09The GOP-controlled State Board of Education is working on a new set of statewide textbook standards for, among other subjects, U.S. History Studies Since Reconstruction. Approved textbooks, the draft standards say, must teach the Texan student to "identify significant conservative advocacy organizations and individuals, such as Newt Gingrich, Phyllis Schlafly, and the Moral Majority." No analogous liberal figures or groups are required