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The religious right also ended up influencing textbook content indirectly by having a lasting impact in Texas, the second largest adoption state in the country. Texas, like California, haa statutory provisions that prohibited the adoption of instructional materials that showed bias toward any particular group or presented genders and ethnicity in stereotypical roles. But unlike California, Texas did not have extended “social content” guidelinesâand other provisions of state law were actually a throwback to the cheerleader textbook era of the 1950s. In Texas, textbooks are required to promote “understanding of the essentials and benefits of the free enterprise system, and emphasize patriotism and respect for recognized authority.” Nor could textbooks “encourage life styles deviating from generally accepted standards of society.” ([http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Bibliography_for_Item_2_in_EM Fordham, 2004]) | The religious right also ended up influencing textbook content indirectly by having a lasting impact in Texas, the second largest adoption state in the country. Texas, like California, haa statutory provisions that prohibited the adoption of instructional materials that showed bias toward any particular group or presented genders and ethnicity in stereotypical roles. But unlike California, Texas did not have extended “social content” guidelinesâand other provisions of state law were actually a throwback to the cheerleader textbook era of the 1950s. In Texas, textbooks are required to promote “understanding of the essentials and benefits of the free enterprise system, and emphasize patriotism and respect for recognized authority.” Nor could textbooks “encourage life styles deviating from generally accepted standards of society.” ([http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/commonsbasedresearch/Bibliography_for_Item_2_in_EM Fordham, 2004]) | ||
Trying to print a better objectiveness into the adoption process, in 1995, the Texas legislature revised adoption laws so that textbooks could only be challenged for factual inaccuracies or failing to comply with the state’s curriculum standards. However, by then, Publisher already had incorporated in their process all the sensitiveness needed to not lost its Texans costumers. | |||
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Regulation
The religious right also ended up influencing textbook content indirectly by having a lasting impact in Texas, the second largest adoption state in the country. Texas, like California, haa statutory provisions that prohibited the adoption of instructional materials that showed bias toward any particular group or presented genders and ethnicity in stereotypical roles. But unlike California, Texas did not have extended “social content” guidelinesâand other provisions of state law were actually a throwback to the cheerleader textbook era of the 1950s. In Texas, textbooks are required to promote “understanding of the essentials and benefits of the free enterprise system, and emphasize patriotism and respect for recognized authority.” Nor could textbooks “encourage life styles deviating from generally accepted standards of society.” (Fordham, 2004)
Trying to print a better objectiveness into the adoption process, in 1995, the Texas legislature revised adoption laws so that textbooks could only be challenged for factual inaccuracies or failing to comply with the state’s curriculum standards. However, by then, Publisher already had incorporated in their process all the sensitiveness needed to not lost its Texans costumers.
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