HR 1593 Criticizes Texas School Board

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Public school curriculum standards should never be politicized, Americans United for Separation of Church and State and allied organizations said today.

In a joint letter, Americans United and 22 other religious, educational and advocacy groups commended U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson for introducing a House resolution supporting academically sound curriculum development and criticizing the Texas State Board of Education for politicizing the state’s social studies standards.

Johnson’s measure, H.Res. 1593, charges that the State Board “disregarded many academically based recommendations and approved politically biased standards within the curriculum that are outside of mainstream scholarship.” (The resolution is co-sponsored by U.S. Reps. Solomon P. Ortiz, Ruben Hinojosa, Silvestre Reyes and Gene Green.)

http://www.au.org/media/press-releases/archives/2010/08/au-allies-commend-house.html

I doubt if this will accomplish much of anything, but it's nice to see that someone is trying.

[Igel]

1. They were a long time ago.

Now certain kinds of politicization are considered good and apolitical by definition.