Texas educators want State Board of Education to delay curriculum vote

The Associated Press reports:


A group of university educators on Thursday called on the State Board of Education to delay a final vote on contentious statewide school curriculum standards until experts from higher education can weigh in on the matter.

In an open letter made public Thursday, the educators called on the board to delay it's planned May vote until curriculum teams and a panel of qualified, credentialed content experts from the state's colleges and universities can review changes the board made and "prepare a new draft of the standards that is fair, accurate and balanced," the letter says.