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Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Democurmudgeon: Chipping away at History: Texas conservatives Given Pass, Changes no Big Deal.

Democurmudgeon: Chipping away at History: Texas conservatives Given Pass, Changes no Big Deal.

Chipping away at History: Texas conservatives Given Pass, Changes no Big Deal.

Professional industry magazine, Education Week, reports a recent study determined the Texas Board of Education conservative activists changes were minor, and overblown in the press.

So…leave the changes in this time? Leave the changes in next time too? They were bad ideological changes, but not that bad, "for the most part." Actual history has a liberal, fact based slant, that needs to be balanced. What a report:

Criticism of Texas Social Studies Standards Overblown, Analyst Says By Erik Robelen: You may recall all the controversy earlier this year over the work by the Texas state school board, led by a bloc of social conservatives, to revamp the state's social studies standards. But if you look at the