Texas students deserve an education grounded in facts, not politics.

As the Texas State Board of Education revises social studies standards, debates over how to teach slavery and American history have exposed a troubling risk. When language is softened or stripped of truth, students lose their chance to understand the real forces that shaped our country.

Slavery was not an abstract concept or a minor disagreement. It was a brutal system that denied people their freedom, treated human beings as property, and caused deep harm that still affects our society today. Teaching this clearly and accurately is not about blame or ideology. It is about honesty.

Young students are capable of learning age appropriate truths. Shielding them from historical reality does not protect them. It leaves them unprepared to understand their nation, their state, and one another.

This petition calls on the Texas State Board of Education to protect factual social studies standards and ensure that the history of slavery is taught truthfully, clearly, and without political distortion. Educators and historians should be trusted to present history based on evidence, not pressure.

Texas classrooms should be places of learning, not rewriting.

If you believe students deserve honest education and factual history, add your name and stand up for the truth in Texas schools now.