International Curriculum in Pa. Spotlight (fundies)

[NVMojo]

School board members in a Minnesota district call it anti-American and anti-Christian. In New Jersey, members of one school board argue it's a waste of money. Now, a suburban Pittsburgh school district is abolishing it over questions of politics and cost.

Supporters of the increasingly popular college preparatory curriculum known as International Baccalaureate are firing back with some of the same arguments - saying efforts to quash IB are about the beliefs and politics of the program's opponents.

In Upper St. Clair, outside Pittsburgh, parents say they are preparing to fight the school board in court.

"I do think that this is just another example of sort of the culture wars being fought out in classrooms across the country with a potential negative impact on students," said Francisco M. Negron, general counsel of the National School Boards Association.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2006/mar/06/030602753.html

[Ignacio Upton]

1. What's the big deal about supporting the Earth Charter?

Conservatives need someone to be their proverbial Emmanuel Goldstein because Democrats don't control Congress. I guess that IB is on their next target of hatred. I'm surprised they haven't tried targeting books written by Arthur Miller and John Steinbeck again.

[TrogL]

2. They do not want people "thinking internationally"

as it shines a spotlight on the USA's policy and record.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. Besides, the IB curriculum requires a lot of science

The students might start believing in evolution!