AUSTIN, Texas -- A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to ...

The Texas State Board of Education is voting on the approval of science textbooks with a focus on how they address climate change. Some Republican officials have criticized the books for being too ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ education board ...

A new study from North Carolina State University finds that biology textbooks have done a poor job of incorporating material related to climate change. For example, the study found that most textbooks ...

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The cover of "Science Under Siege" and co-authors Peter Hotez and Michael Mann. (Courtesy of PublicAffairs, Peter Hotez, ...

State Rep. Jon Rosenthal worked as a mechanical engineer before entering politics, and his father was a mathematics professor at the University of Texas. So studying science, and teaching it, are ...

Wilson County Schools approved new science books for the curriculum despite debate among the board members during Monday’s school board meeting. Last October, textbook committee members were appointed ...

Eric Pallant believes the most environmentally-sound way to teach environmental science is to get rid of the textbooks. This past academic year Mr. Pallant, an environmental-science professor at ...