(CNN) — Officials in Texas have backed a controversial new public school curriculum that would incorporate Christian lessons from the Bible as early as kindergarten. Eight out of 15 state school board ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Proposed educational materials under scrutiny in Texas were revised this year amid earlier criticism. Officials in Texas have ...

A new curriculum would focus on Christianity more than other religions. A kindergarten lesson on the Golden Rule, for example, would teach about Jesus and his Sermon on the Mount. By Troy Closson See ...

A state legislator on Monday suggested the Texas Education Agency removed references to Islam and bolstered mentions of Christianity in a new state-written curriculum that public schools could be ...