<p>In 1961, Norma and Mel Gabler were a quiet couple living in Longview, Texas. One day, they noticed some factual errors in one of their sons’ textbooks. What began as a small complaint morphed into a multi-decade crusade to shape what children of Texas ​​— and therefore the country — read in their textbooks. In an election year with raging debates around education, this audio documentary charts how Texas dictated American education over the last sixty years and examines how the fight over our children’s classroom has only intensified today.</p><p>WMN on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/wmnmedia" target="_blank"><strong>@wmnmedia</strong></a><br />Grace Lynch on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/gracelynch08" target="_blank"><strong>@gracelynch08</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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BONUS: Introducing Teaching Texas

SEP 27, 202236 MIN
Web of WMN

BONUS: Introducing Teaching Texas

SEP 27, 202236 MIN

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<p>In 1961, Norma and Mel Gabler were a quiet couple living in Longview, Texas. One day, they noticed some factual errors in one of their sons’ textbooks. What began as a small complaint morphed into a multi-decade crusade to shape what children of Texas ​​— and therefore the country — read in their textbooks. In an election year with raging debates around education, this audio documentary charts how Texas dictated American education over the last sixty years and examines how the fight over our children’s classroom has only intensified today.</p><p>WMN on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/wmnmedia" target="_blank"><strong>@wmnmedia</strong></a><br />Grace Lynch on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/gracelynch08" target="_blank"><strong>@gracelynch08</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>