With the long-running Texas history textbooks standards fight scheduled to end with a final vote by the State Board of Education Friday, arch-conservative board member Don McLeroy is proposing a new set of changes that read like a tea party manifesto.
The new amendment (.pdf), which is expected to get a vote on Thursday, would require high school history students to "discuss alternatives regarding long term entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare, given the decreasing worker to retiree ratio" and also "evaluate efforts by global organizations to undermine U. S. sovereignty."
May 17, 2010
Texas Textbooks And Social Security
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Poor, poor Texas. I'm so glad I don't have any kids who have to endure such a public school system but unfortunately, way too many children will be subjected to it. As for the section dealing with policies from the 1990's forward, do you think the Texans will include a discussion of the occupation of Iraq since 2002 and continuing? Hardly! Poor poor Texas. Maybe they should secede from the union after all.
Makes you wonder why we fought Mexico to keep the place. A lot of the stuff being forced onto educators is plain old hokum.
Holy cow! You mean Texas is insisting on students discussing alternative ideas rather than accepting the government status quo? Why, this could be dangerous! Texas might actually produce students who can think with open minds! Holy cow! What to do about this abomination!
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