Experts Say Ideology Tops Facts In Texas History Curriculum

AUSTIN (AP) – When Texas produced public school curriculum standards eight years ago, experts decried attempts to promote religious and conservative ideology over facts.
They faulted lessons downplaying slavery as the Civil War’s cause, exaggerating the influence of Moses on U.S. democracy and applauding the National Rifle Association and Newt Gingrich’s Contract With America.
As the country’s second-largest state again begins revising what its 5.3-plus million students a