Texas Schools Social Studies

State Board of Education member Mary Helen Berlanga listens to debate during an SBOE meeting in Austin, Texas, on Friday, March 12, 2010. Earlier in the day, the board voted 10-5 to preliminarily adopt a new, more conservative, social studies curriculum. Berlanga, who voted against the changes, decorated her desk with signage of past minority discrimination.(AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)