Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) Review
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One of the areas for reform is in the ways textbooks are written. A
major purchaser of textbooks is the State of Texas, whose standards for
acceptance have a large influence on the way textbooks are written that are
sold to other states. The basis for public education in Texas is the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills documents, which guide the ways textbooks are selected and courses are taught and examined.
2010 Hearings on Social Studies TEKS
Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) — The standards for textbooks to
be used in Texas public schools.
Social Studies TEKS — The subject of the hearings of 2010.
TEA Committee of the Full Board - January 13, 2010 — Contains video clips of testimony in RM format. Scroll down.
Texas
Education Agency. Hearings at and comments to:
1701 N Congress Av, Austin, TX 78701.
Testimony of Jon Roland, January 13, 2010.
Written Testimony
Proposed revisions to TEKS on American Government
Proposed new TEKS on American History to 1877
Video of Oral Testimony of Jon Roland.
Testimony of Jon Roland, May 19, 2010.
Written Testimony
Video of Oral Testimony of Jon Roland.
Overview
of the State Board of
Education (SBOE). Why its work matters, and how the public may work
with it to influence textbook content.
SBOE Officers, Committees, and Members — Who you need to contact and how.
SBOE District Maps — Enables you to find your member of the SBOE.