Texas fares poorly in Hispanic education standards, study shows
— reported by the Houston Chronicle
Texas ranked lowest among the nation’s four southern border states in its standards for teaching Latin American and Mexican history, according to a national study released Monday.
The study by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, said on a scale of zero to 10, Texas scored a five — just above the national average of 4.2.
[snip]
