Franklin is required to be covered in grades 3, 5, and 8. Paine is required to be covered in grade 8. The proposed standards and their changes are available for reading to all at the Texas Education Agency site. There is no excuse for not educating yourself rather than trying to score points spouting falsehoods as trollbait. Such uninformed comments are the problem. Do you consider yourself educated? What state did you go to school in? They seem to not have required critical thinking. It is exhausting and exasperating to constantly be correcting non-factual statements on the internet by people who haven't bothered to check facts and rely on absurd sources such as the New York Times that are known for repeating lies in pursuit of political agendas. Truth be damned, eh? It's a terrible way to live.