Introduction:Transforming Social Studies Education Through Meaningful Civic Learning

In the spring of 2010 the Texas State Board of Education made and sustained headlines as they debated and ultimately legislated the content of the state’s U.S. History curriculum. Concerned about the “left-wing tilt”1 of the U.S. History curriculum, the board

approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely secular government and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.