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 ...

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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 ...

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.