More WND Sensationalism.
OK, CSCOPE is used by 70% of the districts. Chalk one up for meaningless facts.
CSCOPE is a curriculum management system. Into this system, a school system will insert various curriculum items to meet their state standards, in Texas that would be TEKs. CSCOPE them provides tools to propagate the curriculum, test to it, and help to make a consistent experience throughout the system.
The tea party claim is false, with a grain of truth. First, it wasn't a new curriculum item within CSCOPE. Second, it was an optional item, not part of a mandatory curriculum. Note though how they can mention some optional curriculum used by a few schools, and because CSCOPE is used by 70%, they give you the impression that 70% of the schools are currently teaching this.
"CSCOPE is a curriculum support system that is fully aligned to the TEKS and designed to provide a common language, process and structure for curriculum development. Groups of ESC professionals and content specialists have collaboratively clarified the TEKS so that instructional delivery is more focused to ensure success for all students."
If there is an odd item in the curriculum, the focus should be on TEKS, which drives the curriculum.
Now, if you dig into the specific charge about Allah, you find it is based on a powerpoint that supposedly is from the curriculum. For this post, I won't deal with whether the powerpoint is actually used.
The powerpoint is a section teaching about Islam. So, in the powerpoint, you learn what Islam teaches. Since Islam teaches that Allah is God, that is what the powerpoint tells you Islam teaches.
If the school tells students that the Catholic faith teaches that God sent his Son to die on the cross for our sins, that would not mean that the schools are telling our kids they need to accept Christ as Savior.
Here is a link to one site's supposed powerpoint of the curriculum on Islam. It makes no value judgments on whether Islam is true or not, it tells you what Islam teaches: Islam
If? Not they do? Not likely. Big difference in "Do" and "If"
Parents were left out of the picture when schools began serving up these programs as Opt out, rather than Opt in.