Texas is about to require specific texts to be read in language arts courses. Some of those texts include Bible verses.

Today, I'm digging into how this policy came to exist, the rationale that the Texas Education Agency and State Board of Education are using to justify pushing it into our standards, and the political forces that have expedited the process.

Host and editor: Abby Gray

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House Bill 1605: https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R...

TEA required reading list (draft): https://tea.texas.gov/academics/instr...

TEA Jan 9th, 2025 presentation to the board: https://tea.texas.gov/academics/instr...

TEA Nov 19th, presentation to the board: https://tea.texas.gov/academics/instr...

Cultural Literacy Reconsidered (Ernest House et. al): https://www1.udel.edu/educ/whitson/89...

E.D. Heirch Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

Mississippi Department of Ed, Training Slide Deck: https://mdek12.org/wp-content/uploads...

Derek Thomson Episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6AFC...

Greg Abbot Proclamation: https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/p...

CAIR Website (Dispelling Rumors): https://www.cair.com/dispelling-rumor...

Video of Julie Pickren on Real America's Voice: / 1691945642053126

Julie Pickren SBOE Facebook: / julie4sboe

Brandon Hall Facebook: / hallfortexas