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Thursday, November 21, 2013

SCHOOLS KEEP TEXTBOOK THAT 'WHITEWASHES' ISLAM

A school board in Florida, which wields considerable influence on the curricula of public schools nationwide, has decided to keep a controversial world history textbook that has been criticized for sanitizing Islam’s violent history while diminishing Christianity.

The decision Monday by the Volusia County board, without a formal vote, came after hearing four hours of public comment, the Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.

The dispute over the “World History” textbook published by Prentice Hall escalated earlier this month after a Deltona High School parent complained about its treatment of Islam to a friend, who organized a protest rally before the School Board’s scheduled Nov. 5 meeting. The meeting ended up being canceled due to unspecified “security concerns” raised by the U.S. Justice Department. 
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 21, 2013 at 7:05 PM

    SCHOOL VOUCHERS can stop this problem. True patriots still outnumber the satantic and lost in this country

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  2. AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 8:08 AM

    The big guy in the middle looks like my old teacher Mr. George Blankenship from Wi-Hi; he was great. My neighbor (cop) worked with him back in 2007-2010, in another school for a few years. Didn't know he moved to Florida, if that's him.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 22, 2013 at 10:13 AM

    Take all religion out of all textbooks. Done and done.

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