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This summary is reposted from the LDS Perspectives website where they also offer the full audio file and a transcript.
Keith Erekson, current director of the LDS Church History Library, has worked really wherever history could be found or needed. When faced with new opportunities, he’s thought, “let’s go […]
Politics and the History Curriculum
The Struggle over Standards in Texas and the Nation
Edited By Keith A. Erekson
“What’s the matter with Texas? Outsiders too often dismiss it as an overgrown and ignorant child, shrouded in right-wing politics and fundamentalist religion. But that view is itself a gross caricature, as […]
A new report authored by Erekson and published by the Texas Faculty Collaborative for Social Studies created a small firestorm in the media, claiming state and national headlines during the same week in November 2011 that Americans voted in the general election, Rick Perry said “oops” in a Republican primary debate, Penn State fired […]
Today UTEP President Diana Natalicio recognized Keith Erekson with the UTEP Star Award in recognition for his service to the university and community in directing TEKSWatch. The international impact of the project is a direct result the collective concern and volunteer work of Kelley Akins, Michelle Delgado, Cecilia De Jesus, Sandra Enriquez, Aaron Margolis, […]
“. . . to help make sense of what’s going on in Texas, you might want to check out TEKSWatch, which is hosted by the Center for History Teaching & Learning at the University of Texas at El Paso. Amid all the passion and rhetoric inspired by the Texas debate, the site provides what appears […]
