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by Bulkington 2766 days ago
This is very much a state-by-state issue. Of note, however, because Texas is so large and orders so many textbooks, and because publishers don't want to customize their titles for all 50 states, the Texas version winds up elsewhere. And in Texas, successful candidates for the state Board of Education are often right-wing ideologues.

"How Texas Inflicts Bad Textbooks on Us" https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2012/06/21/how-texas-inflic...