Because of a belief that academia skews too far to the left, the Texas Board of Education voted 10 to 5 in favor of buying history and social studies textbooks that adhere to a more conservative ideology. Here are some of the changes they are mandating:

Inserting paragraph clarifying that the poor guy Rosa Parks wouldn't give up her seat for was on crutches and really needed to give his dogs a rest; also, he later died

More focus on civic issues, particularly the separation of church and infidel

Discussion of the debate between liberal and conservative geologists about what constitutes an "igneous" rock

Tamping down traditional pro-Stalin stance

Special ethnic world history appendix

Expanded section on Latino contribution to American landscaping

Dividing number of Vietnamese civilian casualties by two due to their small stature

Christopher Columbus was for lower taxes but all the Native Americans he encountered wanted to do was spend, spend, spend