/tags/texas-board-of-education Texas Board of Education en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:21:31 GMT /education/2024-11-20/state-board-of-education-signals-support-for-bible-infused-curriculum Critics say the curriculum overemphasizes Christianity. The board is expected to officially vote on whether to approve the materials later this week. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:21:31 GMT /education/2024-11-20/state-board-of-education-signals-support-for-bible-infused-curriculum Jaden Edison /education/2023-11-16/climate-change-texas-science-textbooks The Texas State Board of Education is expected to decide Friday which science textbooks to approve for public schools. Thu, 16 Nov 2023 23:00:00 GMT /education/2023-11-16/climate-change-texas-science-textbooks Becky Fogel /education/2023-08-29/democrats-on-the-state-board-of-education-pledge-to-fight-efforts-to-introduce-prageru-in-texas The conservative media company and a Republican on the State Board of Education recently claimed its educational materials were now available in Texas even though PragerU is not a state-approved vendor. Tue, 29 Aug 2023 20:42:29 GMT /education/2023-08-29/democrats-on-the-state-board-of-education-pledge-to-fight-efforts-to-introduce-prageru-in-texas Becky Fogel /education/2022-09-02/conservative-backlash-pushes-texas-social-studies-curriculum-review-to-2025 The board was initially supposed to update the social studies curriculum by the end of this year. Fri, 02 Sep 2022 19:54:28 GMT /education/2022-09-02/conservative-backlash-pushes-texas-social-studies-curriculum-review-to-2025 Brian Lopez /politics/2022-03-01/statewide-races-2022-primary-elections-results See the results for the governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general primary elections. Wed, 02 Mar 2022 02:16:04 GMT /politics/2022-03-01/statewide-races-2022-primary-elections-results KUT Staff /education/2020-09-11/texas-gives-preliminary-approval-for-revised-school-sex-ed-policy-that-excludes-lgbtq-issues The Texas State Board of Education gave preliminary approval this week to a sex education policy that includes teaching middle schoolers about birth� Fri, 11 Sep 2020 23:53:07 GMT /education/2020-09-11/texas-gives-preliminary-approval-for-revised-school-sex-ed-policy-that-excludes-lgbtq-issues Aliyya Swaby | Texas Tribune /politics/2020-03-04/incendiary-state-board-of-education-candidate-rob-morrow-advances-to-runoff A man who has called President Donald Trump a “child rapist� is headed to a runoff in the race for a position that would help decide what millions of� Wed, 04 Mar 2020 21:48:24 GMT /politics/2020-03-04/incendiary-state-board-of-education-candidate-rob-morrow-advances-to-runoff Sami Sparber /education/2020-02-21/lewd-tweets-the-n-word-and-just-plain-weirdness-a-wild-card-candidate-rattles-education-board-race With his history of sexist, racist rhetoric and incomprehensible, conspiracy-laden rants, Robert Morrow has become one of the most unifying political� Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:12:51 GMT /education/2020-02-21/lewd-tweets-the-n-word-and-just-plain-weirdness-a-wild-card-candidate-rattles-education-board-race Aliyya Swaby | Texas Tribune /education/2019-04-29/texas-is-bringing-back-cursive-to-elementary-schools Handwriting is making a comeback in schools across the state. Currently, the majority of Texas school districts don’t teach students to write in cursive,� Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:39:50 GMT /education/2019-04-29/texas-is-bringing-back-cursive-to-elementary-schools Laura Isensee /2018-11-16/texas-students-will-soon-learn-slavery-played-a-central-role-in-the-civil-war The state's previous social studies standards listed three causes for the Civil War: sectionalism, states' rights and slavery, in that order. Fri, 16 Nov 2018 22:38:13 GMT /2018-11-16/texas-students-will-soon-learn-slavery-played-a-central-role-in-the-civil-war Camille Phillips