Texas' Clout Over Textbooks Could Shift With Market
As the Texas board of education prepares to adopt controversial new standards for social studies next month, many observers and news outlets have emphasized that the action may have ripple effects that reach classrooms far beyond the Lone Star State.
A typical refrain came in the headline on an editorial this month in USA Today : “Texas School Board Seeks to Rewrite Your Textbooks.”
Yet the extent of Texas’ reach is a matter of debate, and recent legislation opens up new sources of digital learning materials for the state’s school districts. That development seems likely to loosen the hold of the polarized state board on the market even...
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