DOUGLAS, AL (WAFF) - A recent decision by the Texas State Board of Education to remove a local historical figure, Helen Keller, from school curriculum is concerning to one teacher in Sand Mountain.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What scholars of disability point out is that when students learn about Helen Keller, they often learn about her efforts to ...

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Thompson, Executive Vice President at Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education and Great-Grandniece of Helen Keller and Great-Grandniece of Helen Keller, joins Lisa Dent ...

Texas students may no longer have to learn about Hillary Clinton, Barry Goldwater and Helen Keller in social studies class. Texas wants to delete some content from the required curriculum so that ...

I am deaf-blind, and I almost missed my first lesson about Helen Keller. In second-grade U.S. history, my teacher scheduled Helen Keller’s story after a lesson in square-dancing. I remember my heart ...

Visit Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller, in this episode of Yellowhammer History Hunt. Helen lost her sight and hearing as a young child but overcame her handicaps to become a renowned writer ...

Haben Girma is a disability rights lawyer, author and public speaker. I am Deaf-blind, and I almost missed my first lesson about Helen Keller. In second-grade U.S. history, my teacher scheduled Helen ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Texas students may no longer have to learn ...