Texas State Board of Education delays social studies update
The board was initially supposed to update the social studies curriculum by the end of this year.
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The board was initially supposed to update the social studies curriculum by the end of this year.
The Texas State Board of Education voted on Tuesday to table until 2025 what would have been a woke overhaul of the state's history standards.
Opponents of the recommended changes, including Republican legislators, complained that they downplayed Texan and American exceptionalism and didn't present opposing views on the gay rights movement.
After facing pressure over proposed updates to the state’s social studies curriculum scheduled for this year, the State Board of Education on Tuesday took a step to delay the revision until 2025.
Board faced intense pressure from right-wing education groups and activists who objected...