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Politicized Curriculum in Texas
New York Times ^ | Maty 25, 2010 | Editorial Board

Posted on 05/26/2010 3:40:25 AM PDT by publius1

.... In what looks like an effort to justify injecting more religion into government, it voted to require students to examine why the founding fathers protected religious freedom — and how that approach contrasts with “separation of church and state.” The board also required third graders to “explain how government regulations and taxes impact consumer cost,” presumably to get them off to an early start in fearing government. Older students will have to “evaluate efforts by global organizations to undermine U.S. sovereignty” and, under an earlier change, analyze the “unintended consequences” of such programs as the Great Society and affirmative action...

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Hunh? I just excerpted the paragraph in which the NY Times editorial writers explained why the changes were bad, the ideological bent, as the Times sees it, of the new pedagogy. Is it really ideological to have students understand how taxes and regulations affect the cost of goods? Or to understand the origins of the American sense of religious freedom and what it has morphed into? Or to see what happens when government overreaches in the effect to make a new heaven and new earth? I don't get it. Am I blinded by ideology, so that I think that these are neutral questions? As I say, Hunh?
1 posted on 05/26/2010 3:40:25 AM PDT by publius1
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Pull out the list of items that Texas is going to require and put out a dozen questions for the Times reporters to answer. I’m pretty sure that they can’t answer more than half. At that moment...they might realize that they’ve missed some education in their meager lives.


2 posted on 05/26/2010 3:44:28 AM PDT by pepsionice
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presumably to get them off to an early start in fearing government

As opposed to the NYT and the rest of the MFM, whose goal is to get you to love every minute of having government up your ass.

3 posted on 05/26/2010 3:50:53 AM PDT by thecabal (Destroy Progressivism)
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I have an impression of libtards out there, wielding their hysterical “Separation of Church and State! Separation of Church and State!” with the same wild-eyed fervor that a priest brandishes a crucifix in the face of a demon needing exorcism.

Good thread to post, even if it IS the NY Slimes.


4 posted on 05/26/2010 3:51:10 AM PDT by rlmorel (We are traveling "The Road to Serfdom".)
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but politicization is “good” when students are taught about how humans are destroying the planet or singing praise to Obama in chorus rehearsal.


5 posted on 05/26/2010 3:51:16 AM PDT by Soothesayer (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left Ecclesiastes10:2)
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It isn’t you - it’s them.

Only lib content is acceptable.


6 posted on 05/26/2010 3:53:07 AM PDT by txrangerette ("Question with boldness. Hold to the truth. Speak without fear". - Glenn Beck -)
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I was struck with the same reaction which you articulated and I do not think that it is you or I who are afflicted with values ranging out of the mainstream. I would add, that it is revealing that the New York Times wants bureaucrats and apparatchiks rather than parents or the elected representatives of parents to make these decisions:

The original curriculum standards were drawn up by teams of teachers and scholars who spent nearly a year on the huge undertaking. The board eagerly exercised its power to amend those requirements. . . .

In fact, not only does the New York Times want the educrats to set the rules, it hopes they will break them if they are lawfully set by others:

We can only hope that sensible teachers will find a way to teach their subjects as understood by mainstream scholars. Students in Texas deserve an education free of ideology.

Once again we see the leftist/statist exulting a tyranny of the unelected elitist over the people. Small wonder that the New York Times opposes school vouchers.


7 posted on 05/26/2010 3:55:16 AM PDT by nathanbedford ("Attack, repeat, attack!" Bull Halsey)
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The libs consistently tell us what they fear. They can’t be bothered to read the Constitution (or the bills in Congress). Maybe since they have no core beliefs, they have no problem in swearing oaths to protect something they are going to ignore.


8 posted on 05/26/2010 4:05:37 AM PDT by mathluv ( Conservative first and foremost, republican second - GO SARAHCUDA!!!!)
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To: publius1

Ping for later.


9 posted on 05/26/2010 4:05:54 AM PDT by wintertime
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I read the changes proposed to Texas textbooks. I agreed with most of it, but there were a couple points I disagreed with strongly. However, I don’t vote in Texas. It’s up to the Texas electorate, through their representatives, to decide what’s in their kid’s textbooks. I have no say in the matter. Unless we want to set a one-size-fits-all National curriculum, which I’m sure the Left would love.


10 posted on 05/26/2010 4:06:21 AM PDT by Ostlandr ( CONUS SITREP is foxtrot uniform bravo alfa romeo)
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If it pisses off the Slimes it’s almost certainly a very good thing indeed.


11 posted on 05/26/2010 4:14:26 AM PDT by mike-zed
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When are these dumbasses, and that's exactly what they are, going to realize religion is a huge part of America. It is in every facet of our lives and as long as the government doesn't require you to believe a certain way then it should be discussed, studied, and especially historically taught! It is our history!

It's not freedom FROM Religion, it's freedom OF religion. NYT, is nothing more than an Obama anti-Constitutionalist.

12 posted on 05/26/2010 4:16:18 AM PDT by sirchtruth (Freedom is not free)
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“If it pisses off the Slimes it’s almost certainly a very good thing indeed.”

...I was thinking the same thing...it’s always a good sign when the NY Times writes against you...same with the Washington Post.


13 posted on 05/26/2010 4:27:24 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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I read the curriculum, made a few suggestions to the board, and wrote a letter fully in support of it. It’s a good curriculum (of course, teachers still have to teach it).


14 posted on 05/26/2010 5:00:18 AM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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RE :” In what looks like an effort to justify injecting more religion into government, it voted to require students to examine why the founding fathers protected religious freedom — and how that approach contrasts with “separation of church and state.” The board also required third graders to “explain how government regulations and taxes impact consumer cost,” presumably to get them off to an early start in fearing government. Older students will have to “evaluate efforts by global organizations to undermine U.S. sovereignty” and, under an earlier change, analyze the “unintended consequences” of such programs as the Great Society and affirmative action.

NYTimes is upset kids will be learning this with ‘our tax dollars’ when they should be learning proved science like : global warming, sensitivity training, America's racist history, recycling to save the planet, how we all were illegal aliens once, that the founders broke away from Europe to be atheists and how it's government that creates jobs while capitalism just benefits the rich.

15 posted on 05/26/2010 5:00:38 AM PDT by sickoflibs ( "It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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Based on the excerpt you posted it looks like a great program. I hope more states adopt it.


16 posted on 05/26/2010 5:12:05 AM PDT by Piranha (Obama won like Bernie Madoff attracted investors: by lying about his values, policy and plans.)
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If you like it, it is no wonder that the NYT trashed it ;-)


17 posted on 05/26/2010 5:19:04 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
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I read the curriculum, made a few suggestions to the board, and wrote a letter fully in support of it. It’s a good curriculum (of course, teachers still have to teach it).

There's the rub. I remember one teacher telling us to sit on our textbooks. She explained, "We have to cover the entire book this year. We have just covered it."

18 posted on 05/26/2010 5:20:37 AM PDT by MaggieCarta (We're all Detroiters, now.)
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To: sickoflibs; publius1; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; DoughtyOne; genetic homophobe; FromLori

“NYTimes is upset kids will be learning this with ‘our tax dollars’ when they should be learning proved science like : global warming, sensitivity training, America’s racist history, recycling to save the planet, how we all were illegal aliens once, that the founders broke away from Europe to be atheists and how it’s government that creates jobs while capitalism just benefits the rich. “

You are joking, but the truth is, this is very close to what the NYT wants.


19 posted on 05/26/2010 5:21:37 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (Support our troops....and vote out the RINOS!)
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NYTimes is upset kids will be learning this with ‘our tax dollars’ when they should be learning proved science like : global warming, sensitivity training, America's racist history, recycling to save the planet, how we all were illegal aliens once, that the founders broke away from Europe to be atheists and how it's government that creates jobs while capitalism just benefits the rich

You are so right, sickoflibs.

20 posted on 05/26/2010 5:25:41 AM PDT by MaggieCarta (We're all Detroiters, now.)
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