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How Texas school districts are teaching students about the Biden inauguration

by Alex Caprariello / Jan 20, 2021

AUSTIN (KXAN) — School districts across Texas have developed lesson plans to teach and showcase President Joe Biden's inauguration.

Many districts have given the authority to individual principals and teachers to develop the lesson plans, and only a few have said they have put restrictions in place.

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Poet Amanda Gorman earns instant praise for stirring inaugural poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’

by The Associated Press, Nexstar Media Wire / Jan 20, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP/NEXSTAR) -- Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew."

In language referencing Biblical scripture and at times echoing the oratory of John F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the 22-year-old Gorman read with urgency and assertion as she began by asking, “Where can we find light/In this never-ending shade?” and used her own poetry and life story as an answer. The poem's very title, “The Hill We Climb,” suggested both labor and transcendence.

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San Marcos record store memorabilia to be sold online in honor of late owner

by Jala Washington / Jan 20, 2021

SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN)---A beloved record store in San Marcos is getting new life.

Thomas Escalante, a Sundance Records team member and close family friend of late owner Bobby Barnard, said old items from the record store will be sold online to honor Barnard's memory.

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In this screengrab, Doug Emhoff, and U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris arrives during the inaugural ceremonies on January 20, 2021. After being sworn in Biden will deliver an inaugural address laying out his vision to defeat the pandemic, build back better, and unify and heal the nation. (Photo by Handout/Biden Inaugural Committee via Getty Images )

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