Well, it's an exaggeration, but Texas has a lot of influence over what goes into American textbooks because it's so big and its school board conservatives are so vocal. Companies don't want to write textbooks that won't sell in Texas.
It's one of the many, many problems with American education.
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Date: 2008-12-15 03:44 pm (UTC)It's one of the many, many problems with American education.