NORWALK — The publisher of a fourth-grade social studies textbook being pulled from elementary schools in Norwalk due to its alleged “insensitive” and “inaccurate” depiction of slavery ...

Fourth grade is when Colorado students learn state history. In recent years, District 51 hasn’t had a uniform fourth grade social studies curriculum, instead cobbling together old materials.

Required social studies courses for grades nine through 12 are: • Civics. • Economics with personal finance. • U.S. History since 1929 (Eras 8-10). • World History since 1450 (World Eras 6-9).

According to Texas’ fourth-grade social studies standards, Indigenous peoples from Texas, including the Lipan Apache, Comanches, and Caddo, exist only in the past tense.