The framework highlights the “roots of Western civilization in Christianity” and eliminates a world cultures course.

A rewrite of what Texas high schoolers learn in history, government and geography is expected to receive final approval this week. The Texas State Board of Education will decide, for example, whether public school students must learn how “biblical imagery and founding principles of equality and justice from the Declaration of Independence” connect to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream”…

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