Texas State Board of Education rejects Mexican-American studies textbook

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https://www.texastribune.org/2016/11/16/state-board-education-rejects-mexican-american-stu/

...Wednesday's vote followed an hours-long public hearing Tuesday, when 35 Hispanic activists and scholars spoke out against the textbook's adoption.

In an interview Tuesday, Cynthia Dunbar, CEO of Momentum Instruction, the publisher of the controversial textbook, said she had sent a letter telling the board their rejection of the book would be "unconstitutional."

Dunbar said that she had addressed opponents’ corrections of the book in a newer draft. Hispanic scholars said the new draft is still inaccurate.

Before the vote, board member Thomas Ratliff addressed Dunbar's comments, saying that the State Board of Education is "not censoring" the textbook.

“I want us to be very clear about the vote we are taking today and Friday,” he said. Nothing prohibits Dunbar from publishing the book as it is or selling it to public school districts, he said. But it will not be on a board-approved list of instructional materials...

[callous taoboy]

1. Texas SBOE is one our biggest embarrassments.

And Ken Mercer is back in after the election, goddammit.

[Vogon_Glory]

2. Astonishing Outcome

I was not expecting the Board to break their pattern and strike a blow for good scholarship. Nevertheless, I don't expect to see too many more temporary outbursts of wisdom in the future.