The Republican-led State Board of Education rejected a proposal favored by conservative activists to overhaul the state's social studies curriculum by requiring a heavier concentration of Texas history taught across six grades, instead of the current two. Instead, after a marathon meeting Wednesday, the board settled on an approach that will more closely integrate state, national and global history, and also focus more lessons on the founding of Western civilization and democracy. Under the plan, Texas history will be the focus of grades three and eight; U.S. history will be the focus of grades four and seven; and grades five and six will center on world history.
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Michael Spurlin
ATPE
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