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State Board of Education OKs Texas-heavy social studies plan, setting stage for clash over history lessons

( The Texas Tribune) The State Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies teaching plan that will dedicate more ...

State education board rejects far-right push for more focus on Texas history, less world culture

The State Board of Education is taking on an overhaul of the social studies curriculum that had been delayed by a split over ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Strabo’s Geography’ Review: An Ancient Atlas

Geography is destiny for nations, and history the proof. The Greeks saw the physical world as an encircling environment (a word we take from the Old French viron, circuit). The Romans applied Greek ...

List of Top 5 Smallest Seas in the World, Check Here!

Discover the 5 smallest seas in the world, their locations, sizes, and interesting facts. Learn key historical significance ...
Los Angeles Times

Saved from militants, Timbuktu’s famed manuscripts return home after 13 years in Mali’s capital

BAMAKO, Mali — The Malian military government on Monday started returning home the historic manuscripts of Timbuktu that were spirited out of their fabled northern city when it was occupied by Al ...