Everyone over here at Rock the Vote is pretty worked up over the Texas Education Agency’s State Board of Education’s recent vote to re-write Texas Social Studies textbooks to reflect a partisan view point. These 15 partisan elected members of the Board of Education are attempting to write history books the way they see fit.
Here is one excerpt from the agency’s own statement:
The wide-ranging debate over what should be taught in history classes covered everything from non-controversial items to heavily discussed topics such as how the history of the Alamo should be taught and whether hip hop should be discussed in classrooms. (All those who died at the Alamo will be discussed in seventh grade Texas history classes. Hip hop will not be part of the official curriculum standards.)
Or check out this nugget found by the a Huffington Post columnist:
At its meeting on March 25-27, 2009, the board added the requirement to the study of evolution that students must examine “all sides of scientific evidence” which includes the side that says the age of the earth is 6000 years, give or take a couple hundred.
But you know Jon Stewart has something to say about this. Watch what Daily Show’s take on the Texas Education Agency’s decision and remember, these 15 people are elected officials. Someone voted for them. All elections matter.
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