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Fifth grade science teacher Jessi Bautista said that she's concerned some standards are being removed from her grade.

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State Board of Education to Consider Revised Science Standards

Laura Isensee

Posted on April 17, 2017 · Some educators have called to streamline the science standards to remove controversial requirements to teach alternatives to evolution, like creationism.

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In Preliminary Vote, State Board of Education Keeps Controversial Evolution Standards

Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune

Posted on February 2, 2017 · The Texas State Board of Education on Wednesday voted preliminarily for science standards that would keep in language that some say opens the door to creationism.

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Posted on November 16, 2020 · Texas students have lobbied the State Board of Education and now are pressing school districts in Greater Houston to teach what they call an anti-racist curriculum.

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Students Push Texas State Board Of Education To Adopt Anti-Racist Curriculum

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Posted on July 2, 2020 · While Texas' textbooks have long drawn controversy for their learning standards, more young people want to see the state's education leaders adopt an anti-racist curriculum instead.

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