Last week during one of the most exciting accomplishments in science, the creation of synthetic life, the new Texas curriculum stole the headlines. The new curriculum is an effort to bring the United States back to a conservative majority by taking out major historical events that indicate liberal thinking. There is also an effort to implement more emphasis that the United States was found on Judeo-Christian influences. I can hear Thomas Jefefrson rolling over in his grave right now.The new curriculum will be in effect for ten years until it is up for amendment again. Texas is one of the largest textbook consuming states and has a major effect on what children throughout the nation learn. This should strike fear in many americans teachers and parents alike. The Texas schoolboard is essentially re-writting history and children will lied to for the next decade.
Greenberg Research ran a poll who people think should have control of curriculum content:
"The curriculum plays down the role of Thomas Jefferson among the founding fathers, questions the separation of church and state, and claims that the U.S. government was infiltrated by Communists during the Cold War."
- The Washington Post
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