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Texas State Board of Education advisers signal push to the right in social studies overhaul

Earlier this year, the Republican-dominated Texas State Board of Education launched a redesign of K-12 social studies and selected a panel of nine content advisers after approving a new September framework.
In recent years, state lawmakers and advocacy groups have pushed laws limiting race discussions, while conservative organizations like the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Heritage Foundation championed the new framework to emphasize Texan and American views.
Among the nine advisers are David Barton, Jordan Adams, David Randall and Kate Rogers, with only one active Texas public-school employee and at least three linked to far-right activism.
Educators and historians warn the panel prioritizes hard-right views, while the 10-member Republican majority often disagrees and teachers report growing fear of classroom censorship.
Under the new framework, the curriculum removes the sixth-grade world cultures course and shifts the grades 3–8 sequence toward Texas and U.S. history, with educators warning this may harm global-career students and centralize state control.

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The panel of nine advisers selected to offer feedback and recommendations to the Texas State Board of Education as it implements a new and controversial K–8 social studies curriculum is giving historians — as well as Democrats and Republicans — pause, reports the Texas Tribune. The panel includes just one person currently working in a Texas public school district. At least three people are associated with conservative activism, including David B…

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