The Texas State Board of Education has approved changes to the state’s high school social studies curriculum, sparking a heated debate over how students will learn about Islam, Christianity and the September 11 attacks. The revised standards include language stating that 'radical Islam' motivated the 9/11 attacks and require students to examine aspects of early Islamic history involving military campaigns, slavery and the treatment of women.

The Texas State Board of Education has approved changes to the state’s high school social studies curriculum, sparking a heated debate over how students will learn about Islam,…

State Board of Education members on Friday approved a rewrite of what Texas high schoolers learn in social studies, disregarding pleas from Muslims who testified that schools…