Coming to a school book near you -- and then to the entire U.S.
http://www.star-telegram.com/texas/story/1... By SHIRLEY JINKINS
Dallas billionaire Ross Perot is in, but former Texas Gov. Miriam "Ma" Ferguson is out on what could be the most talked about list in Austin.
Perot and Ferguson, and other notable figures in history, are part of the name game that has emerged in the state capital as a committee appointed by the State Board of Education considers suggestions about whom should be included — and who should be cut — from new social studies textbooks.
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As the list stands now, former Texas U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm was booted out "to be replaced with examples of positive leaders," and Ferguson, the late Texas U.S. Sen. John Tower and former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Henry Cisneros were all removed "for questionable character."
Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale is gone because "few age-appropriate materials exist," and polio vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk is out, "to be replaced with creators of new technology." Albert Einstein, Galileo Galilei and Louis Pasteur should be taught, "but not explicitly named." Desmond Tutu and Mother Teresa were "removed to focus on events, not personalities."
