Revising The Revisionaries: The Texas Board of Ed Loses Power over Textbooks

In Austin, Texas, 15 people are affecting the education of next generation American children. The highly politicized Texas Board of Education rewrote every 10 years to rewrite education and textbook standards for about 5 million school-age children. When it comes to textbooks, what happens in the state of Texas may affect the whole country. The State of Texas is one of the largest textbook markets in the country as it is a country that the school decided to be able to buy books rather than depositing books in local areas. Dollar sales high. In addition, publishers create standard textbooks based on the requirements of the largest buyer. As a result, Texas' Board of Directors has the ability to shape textbooks for children across the country to read over the years. More

Every year, Texas purchases 48 million textbooks. In 2010, the Texas Board of Education, an election committee of 15 members led by the Republican Party, approved the revision of the social studies curriculum for seventh, eight and seven high school students and came into effect in August . Textbooks published by companies including McGraw-Hill are said to reflect more conservative views of American history. "Texas students need to read Jefferson Davis' speech at the inauguration of Southern Alliance president, but this did not mention slavery.Speeches: want to maintain slavery in the south He explained that the desire is the foundation stone of the new government, "a direct cause of the late collapse and the current revolution."

On 27th March 2009, the Texas State Board of Education said in a 13-2 vote that at least textbooks in Texas teach intelligent design and evolution and doubt the validity of fossil records. "I think the new standard is wonderful ... it is a doctrine about the evolution of the American scientific spirit." According to "Science" magazine, "Texas is the second largest textbook in the US In the market, publishers" 100% according to domestic standards "committee accreditation is strongly motivated. The Hearings of the 2009 Texas Board of Education recorded these in the 2012 documentary "Fix".