Revising the social studies curriculum could be among the divisive issues the Texas State Board of Education tackles next year.
Voters will decide the outcomes of five competitive Texas State Board of Education races this November, with some challengers hoping to shake up the curriculum-setting body they say has shifted too far into party politics.
That leaves five races that could potentially change the makeup of the board, which currently has 10 Republicans and four Democrats.Reveles, a Democrat who currently serves as communications director for the Canutillo school district outside of El Paso, said he is running to ensure that Texas’ border community continues to have a presence at the state level.
Hall, a Republican who defeated Hardy, is a youth pastor who has described Texas as having “a broken public education system” where kids “face an onslaught against their innocence” — particularly with how America’s history of racism is taught in classrooms and what he has called “obscene library books” and a “sexualized agenda.
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