In Austin\, Texas\, fifteen people influence what is taught to the next generation of American children. Once every decade\, the highly politicized Texas State Board of Education rewrites the teaching and textb ook standards for its nearly 5 million schoolchildren. And when it comes to textbooks\, what happens in Texas affects the nation as a whole.
\nDon McLeroy\, a dentist\, Sunday school teacher\, and avowed young-earth cr eationist\, leads the Religious Right charge. After briefly serving on his local school board\, McLeroy was elected to the Texas State Board of Educat ion and later appointed chairman. During his time on the board\, McLeroy ha s overseen the adoption of new science and history curriculum standards\, d rawing national attention and placing Texas on the front line of the so-cal led "\;culture wars."\;
\nIn his last term\, McLeroy\, aided by Cynthia Dunbar\, an attorney from Houston and professor of Law at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University\, finds himself not only fighting to change w hat Americans are taught\, but also fighting to retain his seat on the boar d. Challenged by Kathy Miller\, president of the Texas Freedom Network\, an d Ron Wetherington\, an anthropology professor from Southern Methodist Univ ersity in Texas\, McLeroy faces his toughest term yet.
\n"\;The Revisionaries"\; follows the rise and fall of some of the most controve rsial figures in American education through some of their most tumultuous i ntellectual battles.
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