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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:

Anonymous said...

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

Anonymous said...

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.

Anonymous said...

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