The Texas State Board of Education voted last week to approve an early draft of the state's new social studies plan, but not without clashes over the portrayal of Islam and the history of Black and Hispanic Americans. A Republican majority voted to approve the changes to social studies standards - known as the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, or TEKS - proposed during a marathon meeting that stretched all of Thursday and into early Friday. All five Democrats voted against the preliminary changes. Earlier in the week, they called for an investigation into a potential conflict of interest.
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Michael Spurlin
ATPE
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