List of Historical Figures removed from TX High School standards

NOTE: These are current recommendations. They are not final, and have not been approved by the Board yet.

Archimedes--should be taught under World History without being explicitly named
Albert Einstein--ditto
Desmond Tutu--removed to focus on events, not personalities
Erastosthenes of Cyrene--should be taught under World History without being explicitly named
Eugene Debs--no explanation
Galileo Galilei--should be taught under World History without being explicitly named
George Patton--no explanation
George Wallace--no explanation
Georgia O'Keefe--no explanation
James Watt--should be taught under World History without being explicitly named
John J. Pershing--no explanation
John Steinbeck--no explanation
Louis Pasteur--should be taught under World History without being explicitly named
Marie Curie--ditto
Mother Theresa--removed to focus on events, not personalities
Nicolaus Copernicus--should be taught under World History without being explicitly named
Omar Bradley--no explanation
Pythageras (sic) of Samos--should be taught under World History without being explicitly named
Robert Boyle--ditto
Robert Fulton--ditto
Robert La Follette--no explanation
Shirley Chisholm--no explanation
Sigmund Freud--use updated research in APA nat'l standards
Sir Isaac Newton--should be taught under World History without being explicitly named
Thomas Edison--included in grade 5
Vladimir Lenin--should be taught under World History without being explicitly named