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Texas Board of Education Considers Controversial Teaching Standards

Texas Board of Education Considers Controversial Teaching Standards
File photo: Teachers greet their students as they get off the bus at Carter Traditional Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky, on Jan. 24, 2022. Jon Cherry/Getty Images
Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
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Parental rights groups and politicians are perturbed about proposed Texas teaching standards that would widen the discussion of sexual orientation and gender in high school classes and replace the influence of the Bible on the U.S. Constitution with that of the Iroquois Confederacy.

The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) called an emergency hearing on Aug. 1 to discuss the draft recommendations proposed by work groups and to collect feedback.

Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
Juliette Fairley is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times and NTD and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Chateauroux, France, and raised outside of Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Juliette is a well-adjusted military brat. She has written for many publications across the country. Send Juliette story ideas at [email protected]
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