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The Texas Board of Education has approved an optional K-5 curriculum incorporating Bible teachings, offering districts $40 ...

The Texas Board of Education voted to approve a Bible-based curriculum in elementary schools. The program is optional, but ...

Rather than diverting funds to private institutions, Texas must invest in its public schools. During the past decade, ...

Executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty Amanda Tyler discusses Texas’ implementation of bible ...

Critics say the curriculum overemphasizes Christianity. Texas school districts don’t have to use it but will receive $60 per ...

Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing ...

Texas has joined the states mixing the Bible with public school classrooms, setting up another potential legal showdown. The ...

Texas’ education board voted Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools under optional new curriculum that ...

The curriculum developed by the Texas Education Agency for public schools across the state has sparked controversy over ...

Texas’ education board voted Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools, joining other Republican-led ...

Undergraduate students across Texas have a new path to a college education, with schools in the University of Texas system ...