Education
BY HANNAH NORTON
Texas to correct 4,200 errors in state- developed Bluebonnet textbooks
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The Bluebonnet curriculum has been criticized for frequent biblical references in the reading materials, which critics have said are inappropriate for public schools and could isolate students with dierent religious beliefs. Proponents of the materials have said they will help close student achievement gaps and reduce teacher workloads, Community Impact previously reported. Board members noted that Texas taxpayers will ultimately cover the costs of reprinting the updated materials, since they were developed with state funds. TEA ocial Colin Dempsey did not provide an estimate of costs to taxpayers, telling board members that the TEA planned to calculate reprinting costs after the changes were approved.
The Texas Education Agency must correct roughly 4,200 errors in its elementary and middle school curriculum, the State Board of Education ruled Feb. 25. The changes to the Bluebonnet Learning materials, a set of state-developed textbooks approved by the SBOE in late 2024, include replacing improperly licensed images, xing formatting errors or typos and correcting factual errors. SBOE members voted 9-6 to require the TEA’s publishing division to update its digital curriculum materials within 30 days. The agency will also replace textbooks, teacher guides and other physical materials purchased by school districts. Before approving the changes, several
“If this is a product [schools] have been using because they believe it was a high- quality instructional material, we have failed our students this school year.” TIFFANY CLARK, SBOE MEMBER, D DESOTO board members expressed concerns about the “unprecedented” number of issues with the state-developed textbooks, telling TEA sta that the errors should have been caught before the materials were approved for classroom use. Use of the state textbooks, which became available ahead of the 2025-26 school year, is optional, but districts that do so receive $60 per student to purchase and print them.
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