Bill Zeeble

During Wednesday's Texas Senate Education Committee meeting, lawmakers hinted at possibly strengthening a law designed to give parents more control over library materials. Some lawmakers on the Texas Senate Education Committee say Senate Bill 13 isn't wor... See more

Some Texas senators are considering strengthening a state law meant to give parents more control over what's in school libraries. During a Senate Education Committee hearing Wednesday, lawmakers heard about what some speakers called loopholes in Senate Bi... See more

Shutterstock Some lawmakers on the Texas Senate Education Committee say Senate Bill 13 isn't working to keep inappropriate books out of school libraries. Some Texas senators are considering strengthening a state law meant to give parents more control over... See more

JOEL ROSE, HOST: Next week's Republican midterm convention is being held in the same city that helped give rise to the Bush political dynasty. But that family's political influence is notably absent from today's GOP. KERA's Bill Zeeble reports from Dallas... See more

Texas' 15-member State Board of Education on Friday approved a controversial updated social studies curriculum that Muslims say discriminates against them and that some advocates plan to work to overturn. The new standards require students to learn how "r... See more