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Texas ed board adopts social studies standards (AP)

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In this Sept. 17, 2009 file photo, Don McLeroy, former Texas State Board of Education chairman, talks with new Chairwoman Gail Lowe during a break in a meeting of the board where hearings on a new social studies curriculum were taking place. On Wednesdsay, March 10, 2010, McLeroy, a devout Christian conservative, will be attending his first board meeting as a lame duck, where the board is set to take their first vote on new social studies curriculum standards. (AP Photo/Harry Cabluck, File)AP – The Texas State Board of Education agreed to new social studies standards on Friday after the far-right faction wielded its power to shape the lessons that will be taught to millions of students on American history, the U.S. free enterprise system, religion and other topics.


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