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(JTA) — Texas instituted on Friday the nation’s first-ever statewide K-12 required reading list for public schools. Students in public schools will soon be required to read Anne Frank’s diary and a ...

The Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education approved a required reading list Friday that includes passages from the Bible, marking the latest effort by conservative officials to expand ...

This story has been updated with an amended version of the reading list. Following months of contentious debate, the State Board of Education (SBOE) approved a statewide mandatory K–12 literary works ...

June 26 (Reuters) - The Texas Board of Education on Friday approved mandated reading lists for public school children that include passages from the Bible - the latest effort by leaders there to ...

Critics say mandating Bible reading for over 5m students breaches constitutional separation of church and state The Texas education board has approved a broad new statewide reading list that, for the ...

Texas instituted on Friday the nation’s first-ever statewide K-12 required reading list for public schools. Students in public schools will soon be required to read Anne Frank’s diary and a host of ...

The State Board of Education on Friday approved a first-of-its-kind reading list, which lays out dozens of books, Bible verses and stories that every public school student in Texas will have to read.

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Texas passed what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts. By Sarah Mervosh Texas approved a sweeping, new ...

Editor’s note: The State Board of Education approved a mandatory reading list and new social studies curriculum standards June 26, and the new requirements will be introduced in Texas public schools ...

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