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Kansas school board rejects Houghton Mifflin Harcourt social studies curriculum over anti-Trump bias
by Ohio.news on Dec 20, 2024
A Kansas school board opted not to spend $400,000 on a new high school social studies curriculum after members took issue with how it portrays President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. The Derby Board of Education near Wichita recently voted 4-3 to reject a Houghton Mifflin Harcourt curriculum selected by Derby High School teachers, nixing a proposed $400,000 contract for textbook and online social studies materials. “My biggest concern … involved what I would define as bias of omission,” board member Cathy Boote told The Wichita Eagle. Boote pointed to how the curriculum reflected actions during Trump’s first term, from his...
