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Source: The Dallas Morning News

September 10, 2014

Critics question accuracy of new conservative-leaning social studies textbooks up for adoption in Texas

"The reviewers laid out numerous errors and shortcomings in the books, such as political cartoons that make fun of affirmative action programs and present “ideologically slanted” views on government and social security taxes."