Mary Lou Bruner stood before the Texas State Board of Education in 2010 to talk about textbooks. She was concerned, she said during her testimony, that the state’s curriculum was being controlled by outside forces. Her statements were introduced by board member Lawrence Allen, D: “You believe. . .people from the Middle East are buying, using their dollars, to persuade textbook publishers to put more -“ “I think the Middle Easterners are buying the textbooks!” Bruner said, wide-eyed. “They’re buy......
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