Results: Texas school board decision

The State Board of Education in Texas has voted to drop several historical figures, including Hillary Clinton, Barry Goldwater and Helen Keller, from the state’s required social studies curriculum to "streamline" the material for millions of public school students. The decision to remove such figures would not prevent teaching about them, only that it would not be mandatory. Members of the volunteer work groups that made such recommendations to the board said the state requires children to learn about too many historical figures.Eliminating Clinton from the required curriculum will save teachers 30 minutes of instructional time, one work group estimated, and eliminating Keller will save 40 minutes, the The Dallas Morning News reports.The board's tentative decision on Friday, which faces a final vote in November after a period of public response, affects 5.4 million Texas public school students.