Texas education board votes to remove Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller from curriculum
Removing Hillary Clinton from the course material would save teachers 30 minutes and removing Helen Keller would save about 40 minutes, according to Texas Board of Education
It has been announced that teachers at schools in Texas will not be required to teach lessons on Hillary Clinton or political activist Helen Keller. The Texas Board of Education voted on September 14 to remove any course material that features Clinton and Keller from the social studies curriculum in the state after both the women received low scores on a questionnaire about the background and legacy of historical figures.
It was reported that the board is attempting to "streamline" the curriculum in the state by figuring out which historical figures were "essential to learn about and who wasn't". The vote to remove the women came after a volunteer work group of 15 members created a scale to grade the figures.
