Texas students may soon be reading in their history textbooks that the American system of democracy was inspired by Moses, segregated schools weren’t all that bad and taxes imposed for programs like Social Security haven’t measurably improved society.
Those passages are among dozens of biased, misleading or inaccurate lessons identified on Wednesday by a panel of university professors commissioned by a liberal advocacy group to analyze dozens of new history, geography and civics textbooks up for review by the state Board of Education.
Defenders of the new textbooks dismissed the criticism as sour grapes. But the controversy in Texas also hints at rising tensions across the U.S. over academic standards, as conservatives have mobilized aggressively to shape what students learn in science, social studies and beyond.
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After reading this I sense a glimmer of hope for America's future.
ReplyDeleteFunny how they are quick to jump to bash the Christians. Moses is also mentioned in the muslim holy book as well as the Jewish Holy Book. Why do they only blame Christians?
ReplyDeleteMore propaganda to feed our kids.
ReplyDeleteway more accurate than common core
ReplyDeleteSo a liberal group says this is biased and inaccurate?? Whoa... Stop the Presses!!
ReplyDeleteNOT!!
I may be moving to Texas.