Attempt to Add Climate Change and Oppression Into Texas Social Studies Fails

Last minute meeting opened door to push from progressive left

Texas parents showed up to speak against changes in social studies curriculum at a State Board of Education meeting in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 30, 2022. Darlene McCormick Sanchez/The Epoch Times

Democrats on the Texas State Board of Education were blocked from adding climate change and painting Texas Rangers as oppressors in social studies lessons during a Sept. 26 meeting.

The special meeting held in Austin was billed as a public hearing on proposed social studies learning standards to meet SB3 requirements. The bill, which became law in 2021, prohibits teaching Critical Race Theory, a Marxist-based ideology, that labels people as oppressors or victims depending on their skin color or sexual identity.