to the good peeps of texas, SPEAK UP COLLECTIVELY. DEMAND THE TRUTH. you CANNOT rewrite history to include people like
oh one more thing. no matter what you demand your textbooks say SLAVERY WAS NOT A GOOD THING (not unlike phyllis schlafly)
Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
AUSTIN, Tex. — After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely secular government and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.
The vote was 10 to 5 along party lines, with all the Republicans on the board voting for it.
The board, whose members are elected, has influence beyond Texas because the state is one of the largest buyers of textbooks. In the digital age, however, that influence has diminished as technological advances have made it possible for publishers to tailor books to individual states................
.............There are seven members of the conservative bloc on the board, but they are often joined by one of the other three Republicans on crucial votes. There were no historians, sociologists or economists consulted at the meetings, though some members of the conservative bloc held themselves out as experts on certain topics...............
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yeah... it IS texas, huh? No other topic of conversation around here... exception,
the passing of the senior mr. olbermann...
good post.
Welp, judging from what my professor friends tell me, kids don't read anyway, and they don't do homework, and they spend all their class time texting each other, so I guess we don't have to worry that they'll actually be absorbing any of this crap.
i heard about his passing gwendolyn.
stray, you're right. the exception is the tiny ones. if they're caught just right, they DO study
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