We skipped over some items relater to ideology - and liberalism and conservatism - but this story will allow us to catch up.
There is ideological conflict over how courses - like this one - are taught. This is especially true at the elementary school level.
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The State Board of Education narrowly voted Friday to delay updating the state’s social studies curriculum until 2025 after facing pressure from conservatives over proposed changes.
“We have time now to hear different ideas,” said board member Will Hickman, who voted in favor of the delay.
Board member Marisa B. Perez-Diaz said not moving forward with the updates is a “failure” for the board.
While it put off adjusting the state’s social studies curriculum — like adding courses that focus on Asian American and Native American studies and learning about the gay pride movement — the board did take steps to change the years Texans students will learn about the state’s history.
Currently, Texas students learn about the state’s history in fourth and seventh grades. Board members were considering eliminating that timetable to have students in grades six through eight learn both U.S. and Texas history.
