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Texas ed board vote reflects far-right influences (AP)

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Texas ed board vote reflects far-right influences
(AP)

State Board of Education member Mary Helen Berlanga listens to debate during an SBOE meeting in Austin, Texas, on Friday, March 12, 2010. Earlier in the day, the board voted 10-5 to preliminarily adopt a new, more conservative, social studies curriculum. Berlanga, who voted against the changes, decorated her desk with signage of past minority discrimination.(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)AP – A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade.

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