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>> shepard: ondate in the family of the student who said his school spied on him using the school-issued laptop in his house, in his bedroom, may be ready to settle their case. 15-year-old blake robbins and his parents are suing a school district outside philly. they say school officials accessed that web cam on blake's school issued giewrt capture images of him at home without him knowing about it this week a judge signed an order in the lawsuit saying both sides agreed to freeze the case for 30 days. that time to be used how often the district did use tracking software on its computers and h...

>> shepard: look at this now. the textbook wars. it's no war. but there are battles going on. and today the protesters gathered in texas where decisions on that state's school books could decide what kids all across the country learn. [chanting] >> save our history. save it now. >> shepard: speaking out about proposed changes in curriculum material. changes that involve everything from the role of religion in u.s. history to the founding fathers. brian wilson is covering this along with our team of people down in texas. hello, brian. >> hello, shep. you know, it's a long day of testimony, hear...

An emotional debate in texas. we have been telling you about this. the state board of education is nearing its first vote on what students will be taught regarding social studies and american history. right now the board is hotly debating how to handle the separation of church and state. and what members decide could end up in school textbooks across this country. as part of our series on textbook wars, brian wilson is live in austin, texas. >> reporter: an interesting morning. after being here for three days we are in the heat of the battle. conservatives have been run can the table. they req...

Keep an eye on it for us. >> reporter: all right, jon. jon: thank you. jane? ♪ jane: want to get to the textbook wars in texas where the state board of education is nearing its first vote on what students will learn in history and social studies over the next decade. this debate looms large on the national scene because it's one of the country's largest purchaser of textbooks what happens in texas, well, doesn't end up staying there. it gets into classrooms all across the country. brian wilson is in austin for us giving us a sense of the arguments that are taking place. >> reporter: well, it...