Textbooks in Texas

In Texas, the board of education is changing school textbooks to correct what they say is a 'left leaning' bias in education The politics of the choice of textbooks in Texas may seem a very distant concern. However, given its size, the choice of school textbooks in Texas influences the content of textbooks sold in the rest of the country. If the content of history and social science textbooks is being shaped by a narrowly conservative and Christian worldview, then one may wonder what their influence will be on the outlook of future generations of school students.

Here's a report from Aljazeera.