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Originally posted by DJW001
A small handful of people with a political agenda are polluting the educational system of the entire nation. If Texas wants its citizen poorly informed, that's one thing. But for the publishers to then foist this rubbish on the rest of the country? Perhaps we should arrange a boycott of the publishers who cave to this parcel of scoundrels.
Originally posted by iMacFanatic
I would like to think that there are enough intelligent voters in Texas to end this madness...
Originally posted by DJW001
One would think that if New York and Illinois were to co-ordinate their textbook standards they would out-weigh Texas in terms of market sway.
Ratliff told me. “I think the state board of education has lost its way, and the social-studies thing is a prime example. They keep wanting to talk about this being a Christian nation. My attitude is this country was founded by a group of men who were Christians but who didn’t want the government dictating religion, and that’s exactly what McLeroy and his colleagues are trying to do.”
Originally posted by iMacFanatic
Either that or the people elected have no idea what standards there are or should be...
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
... the individuals pushing this agenda has any educational experience and it comes down to pure religious bias and the desire to promote their agenda.
Originally posted by desert
...had all the answers to science and history exams. too.