Conservative Vision Ascendant In Latest TX History Textbooks Draft; Gingrich, Schlafly Back In | Talking Points Memo

The conservative bloc on the Texas State Board of Education won a string of victories Friday, obtaining approval for an amendment requiring high school U.S. history students to know about Phyllis Schlafly and the Contract with America as well as inserting a clause that aims to justify McCarthyism.


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