A Pearland resident recently ignited nationwide outcry after her son found a caption in his World Geography textbook that characterized slaves as "workers." The finding prompted one of the country's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mother who called out a caption in her son’s World Geography textbook has started a social media firestorm — and has convinced ...

PEARLAND, TX -- The publisher of a high school textbook that referred to slaves brought to America as "workers" is apologizing and says more diversity will be added to review boards. McGraw-Hill has ...

It took a Pearland mother and her 15-year-old son to notice that a world geography textbook used in many Houston-area school systems described slaves as "workers," providing an interpretation of ...

DALLAS (Reuters) - The publisher of a textbook criticized for a glaring error that glossed over the topic of slavery has offered stickers with a new caption to ...

Roni Dean-Burren’s son, Coby Burren, sent her this message after reading a passage in his McGraw-Hill World Geography book. Roni Dean-Burren via Facebook A University of Houston doctoral student and ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- One of the biggest publishers in the U.S. apologized Monday for calling slaves brought to America "workers" in a geography textbook used widely in Texas, where the wording went ...

PEARLAND, TX (KTRK) -- The publisher of a high school textbook that referred to slaves brought to America as "workers" is apologizing and says more diversity will be added to review boards.