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Texas adopted standards in 2021 that requires eighth-graders be taught the basics about climate change
The 15-member board rejected seven out of 12 for eighth-graders. The approved textbooks are published by Savvas Learning Company, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Accelerate Learning and Summit K-12.
The rejected textbooks included climate-crisis policy solutions, and conservative board members criticized them for being too negative about fossil fuels – a major industry in the state.
“You want to see children smiling in oilfields?” said Democratic board member Aicha Davis. “I don’t know what you want.”
Also contested was the inclusion of lessons on evolution – the theory addressing the origins of human existence which the scientific community supports and [some] religious groups reject.
The 15-member board rejected seven out of 12 for eighth-graders. The approved textbooks are published by Savvas Learning Company, McGraw Hill, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Accelerate Learning and Summit K-12.
The rejected textbooks included climate-crisis policy solutions, and conservative board members criticized them for being too negative about fossil fuels – a major industry in the state.
“You want to see children smiling in oilfields?” said Democratic board member Aicha Davis. “I don’t know what you want.”
Also contested was the inclusion of lessons on evolution – the theory addressing the origins of human existence which the scientific community supports and [some] religious groups reject.