But, in the case of rewriting history books, has the Lone Star State gone too far?
We’re going to take a look inside this showdown over textbooks next. 9:34 CHUCK TODD: The curriculum in the Texas public schools just got a major rewrite. Critics say the new, more conservative curriculum is revising history and the revised Texas textbooks could soon be seen, actually, in classrooms all over the country. Evan Smith is the CEO and editor-in-chief of the Texas Tribune. So, I have to ask, Texas is not the largest state in the union. Last time I checked, it was California. So, why is it that what Texas does with its textbooks gets, has a better chance of getting replicated in other schools across the country than what California does? EVAN SMITH (Texas Tribune, editor in chief): Well, it’s a better chance. As you’ll see in a second, it’s not actually going to happen that way we think. 4.7 million high school students in Texas, and what happens in Texas disproportionately affects the textbook industry, because when they make textbooks for Texas, they want to replicate the w
