tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post8446333006391467925..comments2024-03-27T14:50:47.345-04:00Comments on <center>Sandwalk</center>: Textbook Publishers Respond to Texas School Board: "Up yours!"Larry Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05756598746605455848noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37148773.post-75321463288554938792013-11-21T16:16:01.105-05:002013-11-21T16:16:01.105-05:00Note the following language in Rosenau's artic... Note the following language in Rosenau's article:<br /><br /><i>But publishers are stronger now. A 2011 law (passed in response to the absurd process in 2009 and 2010) allows local districts to buy any book they want, whether or not it’s on the board’s approved list.</i><br /><br />The fact is that prior to the rule change, the creationists on the Texas School Board had an inordinate influence on textbook publishers because a textbook had to be approved by it in order for it to be used in a Texas classroom. According to one of the books written on the Dover trial, the Miller and Levine textbook at that time had a somewhat watered down chapter on evolution.colnago80https://www.blogger.com/profile/02640567775340860582noreply@blogger.com