Texas State Board of Education – Latina Lista: News from the Latinx perspective

Books, Education, Government, History, Palabra Final

Latino groups gear up for final battle with TX State Board of Education

May 17, 2010, 6:22 PM 2

LatinaLista — On the heels of Arizona abolishing ethnic studies curriculum for their students, the final phase of the next most controversial action against ethnic contributions to state and national history is about to take place. On Wednesday, May 19,…

Education, General, History, Palabra Final, Politics

Latinos and blacks should be offended and angry over TX State Board of Education’s decision to dismiss minority contributions from school textbooks

Mar 12, 2010, 5:03 PM 21

LatinaLista — Democracy is a dying U.S. ideal — thanks to the Texas State Board of Education (TSBE). In a vote of 10-5, the board, dominated by social conservatives, preliminarily adopted a new Social Studies and history curriculum that…

Education, General, Government, Palabra Final, Politics, Social Justice, Youth

Latino leadership needed to counter TX State Board of Education’s attempt to write minorities out of history

Jan 12, 2010, 12:49 PM 8

LatinaLista — The Southern Education Foundation released a report last week, “A New Diverse Majority,” that found, that for the first time in history, more than half of all the students attending public schools in the 15 Southern states…