Texas students may soon attend social studies and reading classes that minimize racial, geographic and cultural diversity while emphasizing the Bible.

The State Board of Education will vote on incorporating more Christian stories into public classrooms as well as on deemphasizing race and cultural diversity in history lessons.

The letter to parents says this art lesson for kindergartners will “explore the many different things that inspire artists,” including “religious faith." Sounds reasonable enough. It’s only when you dig into the new Texas elementary school ...

The William B. Travis Building in downtown Austin where the Texas State Board of Education meets was raucous Monday afternoon with more than 150 people who had driven from across Texas to testify about controversial state-developed instructional materials.

Texas students could soon see major changes to what they learn in reading and social studies classes as the State Board of Education prepares to vote on proposals that would expand the use of Bible stories in public schools and overhaul the state's social studies standards.