Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards

After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely secular government and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light. Full Story »

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by Robert B. Elliott - Mar. 14, 2010

This is great journalism, however I don't recommend it for any thinking person because it terrifies me & turns my stomach. It is very frightening to see that there are so many people in such positions who refuse to accept reality & who insist, against overwhelming evidence to the contrary, that mythology & cult beliefs should be foisted on young people in public schools.

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