AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas' longstanding cultural battle over textbook content could be inching toward a cease-fire. The State Board of Education will vote Friday on tightening rules for who can serve on citizen review panels that scrutinize textbooks for classrooms statewide, suggesting teachers or professors be given priority for subjects in their areas of expertise. In past years, some social and religious conservatives have volunteered for the panels and raised objections about science texts with extensive...
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