Wow..Really?Texas cutting school curriculum, Jefferson apparently doesnt matter? Options

[CelicaST_CALI]

BBC link
Texas schools to get controversial syllabus


Texas' decisions could influence curriculums across the US

Education officials in the US state of Texas have adopted new guidelines to the school curriculum, which critics say will politicise teaching.

The changes include teaching that the UN could be a threat to American freedom, and that the Founding Fathers may not have intended a complete separation of church and state.

Critics say the changes are ideological and distort history.

However, proponents argue they are redressing a liberal bias in education.

Analysts say Texas, with five million schoolchildren, wields substantial influence on school curriculums across the US.

The BBC's Rajesh Mirchandani in Los Angeles says publishers of textbooks used nationally often print what Texas wants to teach.
Jefferson out

Students in Texas will now be taught the benefits of US free-market economics and how government taxation can harm economic progress.

They will study how American ideals benefit the world but organisations such as the UN could be a threat to personal freedom.

And Thomas Jefferson has been dropped from a list of enlightenment thinkers in the world-history curriculum, despite being one of the Founding Fathers who is credited with developing the idea that church and state should be separate.

The doctrine has become a cornerstone of US government, but some religious groups and some members of the Texas Education Board disagree, our correspondent says.

The board, which is dominated by Christian conservatives, voted nine-to-five in favour of adopting the new curriculum for both primary and secondary schools.

But during the discussions some of the most controversial ideas were dropped - including a proposal to refer to the slave trade as the "Atlantic triangular trade".

Opponents of the changes worry that textbooks sold in other states will be written to comply with the new Texas standards, meaning that the alterations could have an impact on curriculums nationwide.

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[95CelicaST]

Texas spawned George W. Bush. Automatic worst state.

[Akirad1]

Texas spawned George W. Bush. Automatic worst state.

Texas never spawned Bush hes a yankee from conneicutt, therefore not a Texan. Ill be the first to say Texas school system is far from perfect, but to the fact to calling a state the worse state with out real facts is just being an hurtfull to all the people who love our state. We Texans are a proud group of people and dont like getting called the worse when there are no facts to prove it. since when the economy was really low thousands of people moved to Texas for jobs, so how does that make us the worse. Also there are states that are worse than Texas on for instance is Oklahoma, there is a saying in Texas that goes that the only reason Texas dont fall in the off into the gulf is that Oklahoma sucks. And to the statement about Bush being elected and being the worse president and the country didnt elect him is bull since the majority of Americans voted for him twice yes he alot of bad decisions but dont go blaming everything on him since Congress is also at fault too. Not trying to sound like a Bush Fan or anything just come on we are all supossed to be friends on this site so dont go offending millions of people just cause by putting the blame on bush soely on texas want to blame some blame George H.W. Bush and Babara Bush for creating him.