Monday, May 10, 2010

Leave your Own Analysis of the Standards

For nearly a year and a half, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) has overseen a process of revising the state’s social studies standards—the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). On April 15, 2010, the board released its final draft of the TEKS.

We here invite sensible, thoughtful, expert commentary. Please write clearly and persuasively for a wide public audience, use standard English, and sign your full name. We reserve the right to remove comments that are unnecessarily partisan, snarky, or jargon-laden.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

A Place for Sensible Commentary

Because this issue is both important and complex, it is essential to move beyond the errors, rants, and knee-jerk reactions that have already circulated widely.

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