Chapter 7: Collision Course

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Nov 8, 202237:37History

This fall, for the first time in 12 years, the Texas State Board of Education was due to review the Social Studies TEKS. In doing so, they attempted to answer the question: how should we teach U.S. History? Against the b...

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