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Board member , DDallas, revived discussions Thursday about the social studies standards.



She ugg promo code and other minority members complained they were getting considerable pushback from social studies teachers and coordinators from school districts they represent about the new curriculum standards. But other members defended the standards, which garnered national attention last spring.



Various civil rights and minority advocacy organizations have opposed the standards, and the , a conservativeleaning education think tank, gave the standards a harsh review, saying they offered "misrepresentations at every turn."



Knight said that elevating Jefferson Davis to similar status girls ugg boots with results in "a glossing over of slavery."



She said social studies experts in her district schools also objected to a standard essentially vindicating Sen. 's 1950s communist smear tactics. And she complained that standards involving free enterprise ignore any of the negative implications, such as the exploitation of labor.



New member , DSan Antonio, said he has heard similar complaints from social studies experts in his district.



"We can and should do better," Soto said, suggesting the more controversial social studies curriculum could be reviewed and fixed.



Some key lawmakers already have warned they would not be willing to fund new history books based on flawed and contentious curriculum standards, Soto reminded his colleagues.



But Republican members defended the standards and said they were getting favorable reactions from social studies in their districts



"I don't think it's time now to go back and do a redo," said , RFort Worth.



The board approved the social studies curriculum standards last spring with all 10 Republicans supporting the document and the five minority members opposing it. The Texas chapters of LULAC and the



The board expressed more unity Thursday in their frustration with state legislators, who are not providing funding for new school textbooks and instructional material.



New end of course testing exams are coming and the school curriculum is more rigorous, but teachers and students won't have updated material, board members complained.



, RSan Antonio, reminded colleagues that the board provided lawmakers $3.5 billion from the investments and only wanted $500 million to support new English Language Arts and Reading curriculum standards.



"We've done our part. We sent them the money. We take a lot of beating, a lot of heat," Mercer said.



, RSpring, said, "It's frustrating that our students will be held accountable for the rigor that we have put into the curriculum but yet we're not going to give them the materials that align with that."