The social studies rewrite has become a thorny political process, with officials clashing over the portrayal of slavery, ...

TEXAS, USA — This story was first published in The Texas Tribune and can be viewed here. A new Texas curriculum seeks to captivate first-grade students with a lesson on Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s ...

The State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a social studies plan that would teach more Texas history across school grades and deemphasize other subjects like world history, cultures and ...

The grant will help the UNT library system with the educational outreach component of the Portal to Texas History, called Texas History for Teachers. With History for Teachers, the Portal to Texas ...

The State Board of Education will likely vote on the lessons in November. If members give their seal of approval, it will enable districts to tap into extra state funding meant to encourage schools to ...

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