Texas ed board vote reflects far-right influences (total AP MELTDOWN!!!)

AP / Yahoo ^ | March 12, 2010 | April "Fidel" Castro

[bamahead]

AUSTIN, Texas – A far-right faction of the Texas State Board of Education succeeded Friday in injecting conservative ideals into social studies, history and economics lessons that will be taught to millions of students for the next decade.

Teachers in Texas will be required to cover the Judeo-Christian influences of the nation's Founding Fathers, but not highlight the philosophical rationale for the separation of church and state. Curriculum standards also will describe the U.S. government as a "constitutional republic," rather than "democratic," and students will be required to study the decline in value of the U.S. dollar, including the abandonment of the gold standard.

"We have been about conservatism versus liberalism," said Democrat Mavis Knight of Dallas, explaining her vote against the standards. "We have manipulated strands to insert what we want it to be in the document, regardless as to whether or not it's appropriate."

Following three days of impassioned and acrimonious debate, the board gave preliminary approval to the new standards with a 10-5 party line vote. A final vote is expected in May, after a public comment period that could produce additional amendments and arguments.

[bamahead]

Watch as leftist AP drone April Castro has a coniption fit within her own article.

Curriculum standards also will describe the U.S. government as a "constitutional republic," rather than "democratic,"

Oh...the horror!!!

[utherdoul]

Wait AP wants us to lie to children? Who would have thought ... honestly I wish I’d gone to that school.

[rbbeachkid]

OOOOOh nOOOOOO, Mister Bill!!!!!

[FlingWingFlyer]

So they are going to teach the truth rather than the commie libs’ version of “the truth”? What a concept! That’s unusual for public schools.

[bamahead]

ping :)

[BlessedBeGod]

Curriculum standards also will describe the U.S. government as a "constitutional republic," rather than "democratic"...

Well, freaking DUH!

[Stoat]

I just love Texas. Must visit one day. “sigh”

[patlin]

Sucks thought that they are taking out Jefferson & putting in Blackstone. Blackstone hated the republican form of government and was not shy about it. His works are full of disdain for republicanism.

[Anti-Utopian]

What brutes! Won’t somebody think of the children?

[bamahead]

Curriculum standards also will describe the U.S. government as a "constitutional republic," rather than "democratic," and students will be required to study the decline in value of the U.S. dollar, including the abandonment of the gold standard.

A glimmer of SANITY!!!



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[antceecee]

Where the heck did this ditz study the U.S. form of gov’t.... it’s pretty clear we are a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. The only problem for these progressives is they are trying their very best to DESTROY that. What an idiot.

[apillar]

The far left has wholly owned education from preschool to graduate school for the last half century. They’re terrified that this Texas decision is going to signal the end of their monopoly because conservatives seem to have finally figured out that they can defeat liberals on their own turf by stacking these far left dominated policy committees with conservatives.

[DrGunsforHands]

Taking out Jefferson is just not acceptable. He wrote the Declaration of Independence, for crying out loud!

[antceecee]

Yes... conservatives (true lovers of the US Constitution) have figured out how to be COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS... well whadda-ya-know!

[bamahead]

That does stink :(

[shield]

HA....that’s Texas for you.........

[antceecee]

Where in this article did it say Jefferson would be not mentioned?

[ansel12]

[Texas Fossil]

“Texas is not where you were born, but a State of Mind, Heart and Attitude.”

“Leave us alone to live our lives in peace and we will get along fine, if that is not satisfactory, we will deal with it.”

TF

[BAW]

Thank you, Texas.

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