Conservative Textbook Curriculum Passes Final Vote In Texas 895
suraj.sun sends in a followup to a story we've been following about the Texas Board of Education's efforts to put a more political spin on some of their state's textbooks. From the Dallas Morning News:
"In a landmark move that will shape the future education of millions of Texas schoolchildren, the State Board of Education on Friday approved new curriculum standards for US history and other social studies courses that reflect a more conservative tone than in the past. Split along party lines, the board delivered a pair of 9-5 votes to adopt the new standards, which will dictate what is taught in all Texas schools and provide the basis for future textbooks and student achievement tests over the next decade. Texas standards often wind up being taught in other states because national publishers typically tailor their materials to Texas, one of the biggest textbook purchasers in the country. Approval came after the GOP-dominated board approved a new curriculum standard that would encourage high school students to question the legal doctrine of church-state separation — a sore point for social conservative groups who disagree with court decisions that have affirmed the doctrine, including the ban on school-sponsored prayer."
Texas (Score:5, Funny)
Still fighting the American Civil War in 2010.
Re:Time to stop relying on Texas... (Score:2, Funny)
The Department of Energy?
Re:Texas (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Time to stop relying on Texas... (Score:5, Funny)
The Department of Energy?
Heathen, energy is a myth. It is just a manifestation of God's blessings bestowed upon us. It is he who makes the sun shine, plants grow (the conversion from solar to chemical is one of His miracles, falsely attributed to photosynthesis by sinners). Repent sinner.
At least that was what my textbook told me.
Re:Trite, I know (Score:5, Funny)
Oi! I'm a goddamn piece of shit cum-stain on humanity, I would regress us back into the dark ages with a selfish, head-up-haemorrhoid-filled-arse mentality and I object to being compared to the Texas Board of Education.
Re:Slashdot - tech news for freedom lovers? (Score:2, Funny)
First, this isn't really 'technology' or even 'science' news. This is at this point political news
Wow. That explais why it's in the "politics" section! I'd been trying to figure that out. Thanks. One question though: why would you think it had anything to do with science or technology?
Re:Could this be... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:When did progress... (Score:2, Funny)
OH NOES SOCIALISM!
Next thing you know they'll be confiscating all your property and making you work in the salt mines!
Re:Could this be... (Score:4, Funny)
Not to worry (Score:3, Funny)
These things can be fixed by a couple of well placed SAT questions.
(So, is it time the country to secede from Texas?)
Re:How will other states react? (Score:3, Funny)
The part where California actually starts to cut their government spending back to 2001 levels.
The outcome that leaves children starving in the streets. (They were starving in the streets in 2001?)
FYI California practically uses Mao's little red book as a straight social studies text and treats Marx as insightful and historically correct in his predictions.
Re:Time to stop relying on Texas... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Dear Texas (Score:1, Funny)
While you're at it, take Arizona too.
Congratulations, TX! (Score:2, Funny)
No, I'm serious.
If nothing else, the frothing nerdrage here on slashdot could now be tapped as a viable alternative energy source.
Re:Time to stop relying on Texas... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Time to stop relying on Texas... (Score:5, Funny)
Reality has a progressive bias.
For some reason, I read that as "Reality has a progress bar".
I guess it's still loading in some places.
TEXAS SUCKS HAR HAR (Score:3, Funny)
Keep trolling. Who can cite an actual argument made by the board on a change they're making on the curriculum? Know why they're talking less about Jefferson? Read [google.com].
I bet a lot of people on here are disappointed there is no mention of how America under Democratic leadership is finally moving beyond the radical Capitalist experiment.
Re:Time to stop relying on Texas... (Score:3, Funny)
This is a good thing, people (Score:2, Funny)
Decisions like this are likely to improve our economy, living standards and interest in science in the long term.
Of course, I should tell you... that I'm an offshore contractor for US companies living in Argentina.
Re:Time to stop relying on Texas... (Score:3, Funny)
By the way, wasn't there someone who recently claimed that it was 72 raisins? Well, food was scarce in those times - people had much lower standards for heaven/paradise back in those days. Pluck a common dude out from those times and put him in the worst ghetto in the US and he'll think he was in paradise =p
Re:Time to stop relying on Texas... (Score:2, Funny)