White wants to restore liberal bias to Texas education

Houston Chronicle:

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White said Saturday that if elected in November, he would pick a new chairman for the State Board of Education to “undo some of the damage” from controversial social studies curriculum standards adopted Friday. Critics contend they shortchange minorities and push a rosy view of history.

The 15-member board will have at least two new members in January, when their terms expire.

Some Texans have called for a limited review to address some of the more controversial standards that will influence new history, government, geography and economics textbooks for 4.8 million public school children. Only the board chairman sets the agenda, and the governor chooses that leader — currently Gail Lowe, R-Lampasas.

The board appointed academic experts, historians and teachers to recommend new social studies textbooks but then did a massive rewriting by considering some 400 amendments.

“Obviously, I would pick a chair who would try to undo some of the damage that is being done as quickly as we can,” White said. “We should have standards which reflect the views of professional educators and historians and respect the integrity of that process rather than injecting political ideology in the classroom — regardless where that ideology came in the political spectrum.”

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The problem is that the professionals have been injecting liberalism into the curriculum for some time and restoring it will only make students ignorant of some of the aspects conservatives are trying to get added. I have seen nothing that suggest the current changes are things that are untrue. They just are not what the liberals want taught. I think White is on the wrong side of this issue and is only appealing to the liberal base of the Democrat party.

Ann Althouse comments on the distortion of the new guidelines.

Comments

  1. Unknown10:54 AM

    Here is ONE of MANY examples of things that are UNTRUE in the curriculum: "(A) explain the development of democratic-republican government from its beginnings in the Judeo-Christian legal tradition and classical Greece and Rome, through the English Civil War and the Enlightenment"

    The term "Judeo-Christian" shows up at least a handful of times in EACH grade category. This term was NOT coined until 1899. There was NO CONCEPT of "Judeo-Christian Law" when the framers wrote our constitution. Continually refer to our system as being based on this principle is an outright LIE. Our constitution is based on philosophies that originated with the Greeks and Romans, LONG BEFORE the advent of the Christian religion.

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  2. Unknown10:59 AM

    According to the curriculum, Ronald Reagan is the best president this country has ever had. This is an OPINION and should not be taught to our children as fact. Also, the curriculum states that students must "explain the benefits of Reaganomics". It is an OPINION that there were any benefits. In my opinion, it was the reason for the recession in the late 90's early 2000's.

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