The Texas Board of Ed, at it again.......

[marmar]

from HuffPost:



The Texas State Board of Education is expected to consider next week a measure that would prohibit textbooks from pushing Islam over Christianity, as they claim has happened in the past.

The Dallas Morning News reports:

A preliminary draft of the resolution states that "diverse reviewers have repeatedly documented gross pro-Islamic, anti-Christian distortions in social studies texts" across the U.S. and that past social studies textbooks in Texas also have been "tainted" with pro-Islamic, anti-Christian views.

The resolution cites examples in past world history books -- no longer used in Texas schools -- that devoted far more lines of text to Islamic beliefs and practices than to Christian beliefs and practices.

Kathy Miller, a spokeswoman for the religious-liberty group Texas Freedom Network, said textbooks currently used in the state's public schools offer a balanced treatment of the world's religions.

"This is another example of board members putting politics ahead of just educating our kids," Miller said. "Once again, without consulting any real experts, the board's politicians are manufacturing a bogus controversy."

Earlier this year, ultraconservative members of the state education board succeeded in approving a series of extremely controversial changes to school texts, dramatically reshaping core curricula in social studies, history and economics taught to millions of students. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/16/texas-textbook-massacre-tainted-distortions_n_720119.html

[Skink]

1. are these guys connected to textbook publishers?

are they trying to throw some business to their friends? Get the state to payout on more books. Any books.

[w8liftinglady]

2. start with these links...maybe

Bush Profiteers Collect Billions From No Child Left Behind

http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/12-bush-profiteers-collect-billions-from-no-child-left-behind/


News about Neil Bush, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/b/neil_bush/index.html

No Bush left Behind
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_42/b4005059.htm

[Skink]

7. Neil Bush says it all.

:beer: I'll click the links once I am sober.

[Roland99]

3. Sinclair Lewis was more correct then he ever could have imagined.

[HopeHoops]

4. If it wouldn't put them out of jobs, they would abolish public education.

I'm not sure it would matter. They did give us the shrub, you know.

[True Earthling]

5. How about removing ALL religion from our text books...

except as it relates to historical events. I see no need to teach religious viewpoints in a secular school.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. Exactly.

Teach the historical events in a serial fashion, with no proselytism.