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Karadeniz

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4. They certainly don't and that needs to change! The TX state board of ed has way too much power

Reply to fearnobush (Reply #2)

Sun Jan 17, 2021, 01:00 AM

Jan 2021

And that affects what texts other states use. In the last round that I know of, TX had all references to the US as a democracy replaced with republic. TX didn't want students to make a connection between democracy and the Democratic party.

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