Editor, Washington Monthly
Editor of the Washington Monthly
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Mariah Blake
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FROM Mariah Blake
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How Texas Conservatives May Be Rewriting Your Kids' Textbooks The country's most influential state board of education is also one of the most conservative. Now those values are shaping curriculum that will affect students across the country for the next ten years. Mariah Blake, editor of the Washington Monthly , offers us a quick primer on the battle over textbooks at the Texas Board of Education .
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