Textbook Shootout at the SBOE Corral

Read about the new reading requirements about to be adopted by the State Board of Education in "TEKS for Reading. A Disaster Coming October 31, 1996." in the Texas Education Newsletter, 10/1/96. It's not too late to send your opinion to Austin. But you must act soon! Click here to read it online or click here to download it and pass on a copy to your friends.

Website Table of Contents

1. Rejected History Standards Find New Life in Social Studies Textbooks

2. The Battle Over Textbook Content - Why You Should Become Involved

3. Comments on Social Studies Textbooks Filed With State Board of Education

3a. Letter to SBOE from the Editor this Web Site Concerning a History Textbook

4. How to Review Textbooks

5. Things To Look For In A Textbook

6. How to Object to or Support a Textbook

7. Deadlines

8. Suggestions

9. Regional Service Centers Where a Textbook May Be Reviewed or Checked Out

10. List of All Social Studies Textbook Being Considered

11. How Textbook are Selected – Role of TEA, SBOE, and the Textbook Selection Committee

12. Politics at the SBOE

13. November, 1996 SBOE Elections

14. SBOE Calendar, Download Library, Letters to the Editor

15 SBOE District Maps