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Originally Posted by snowy
Textbook publishers use the TX recommendations to shape what goes in the nation's textbooks, as Texas is the largest purchaser of social studies textbooks in the nation (or any textbook,for that matter). Basically, what other states say doesn't really matter because Texas is the 2-ton gorilla that must be catered to.
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You must have missed this;
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Fox inaccurately reporting State Board of Education action
Fox: Textbooks adopted in Texas will be used classrooms across the country.
The truth: Each state has its own textbook selection process. Publishers may offer other states the Texas edition of a book but they are not required to select it.
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I didn't make this up, Fox News did, which surprises me, kinda. But, either way, it's not true that other states are REQUIRED to teach from the same textbooks.