The Media Line: ‘Who Has a Say in the History Children Learn?’ Texas Standards Fight Draws Laurie Cardoza-Moore (VIDEO)

October 1, 2026

‘Who Has a Say in the History Children Learn?’ Texas Standards Fight Draws Laurie Cardoza-Moore

Cardoza-Moore says state education standards offer a powerful way to shape how millions of students learn about American history, Israel, antisemitism, and Judeo-Christian values

By Felice Friedson / The Media Line

Laurie Cardoza-Moore went to a Texas education hearing prepared to talk about American history. What caught her attention instead was who else had come to testify—and what they wanted children to learn.

The question of who shapes a schoolbook had been on her mind since 2012, when, she said, a parent in Tennessee brought her a textbook. The woman’s son, an evangelical Christian who had previously been homeschooled, was in his first year of high school when he came home with a question about the Land of Israel. His mother asked him what the Bible said, but he rejected her response. “And he said, no, Mom, I know what the Bible says, but who has legitimate rights to the Land of Israel? That’s where it started.”