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Even if you don't like everything in the new Texas curriculum, the crudely partisan tone of the likes of Senator Leland Yee illustrate how the direction of the public education system has already been politicized by the virulent left.
1 posted on 05/22/2010 5:36:10 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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There is only one solution to this problem, and it’s really quite simple - abolish the government school system. Education and government don’t mix. If all schools were private, then parents could choose the school that matched their values. In exchange for a tax credit, companies would fall all over themselves to provide tuition and books for poor kids.

As long as there are government school systems and compulsory attendance, these fights will continue.


29 posted on 05/22/2010 6:47:29 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX
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and to include country and western music among nation´s important cultural movements

Who says Texas doesn't celebrate diversity? They're covering BOTH types of music!
30 posted on 05/22/2010 6:52:45 PM PDT by tanknetter
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I remember the standards of 50 years ago and they were very good. California should wish for those standards.


31 posted on 05/22/2010 6:57:17 PM PDT by NathanR (,)
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The idea that politicians in another state can control the content of our textbooks should trouble all Californians

That's what the smaller states have been saying about California for years!

32 posted on 05/22/2010 7:05:05 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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In contrast here is a video from a typical California Elementary School classroom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GNCRSCx_-w&feature=related

33 posted on 05/22/2010 7:06:32 PM PDT by NavyCanDo
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>>”The idea that politicians in another state can control the content of our textbooks should trouble all Californians,” said Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco). “The social science curriculum should be based on facts and not political ideology.”

Next week, the California Senate is expected to pass legislation authored Yee to make certain California textbooks are not subject to the ultra-conservative curriculum changes recently made in Texas.<<

Huh? Man speak with forked tongue! Really, do any of these politicians have a brain that tells them to watch out for ridiculous statements?

Oops, assumed they actually had a brain. Come to think of it, they have no heart or courage. True Scarelionmen.


35 posted on 05/23/2010 2:19:42 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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” extreme right-wing “ is Socialistspeak for mainstream, middle America, the will of the people.

“”While some Texas politicians may want to set their educational standards back 50 years,” - that’s before the Socialist/Communist/Nazis got a grip on America and it was a free, prosperous and exceptional country, friend to every non-tyranny in the world and supplier of many of their needs - the only worldwide empire in history that wasn’t exploiting other countries for its own benefit but sharing its wealth and expertise.

Anyone apologizing for that has reversed values and an agenda the American people don’t want.


36 posted on 05/23/2010 5:19:12 AM PDT by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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