I’m glad you’ll be back. As someone who, apparently unlike Geller, understands something about the Texas curriculum process I would offer the following.
In Texas, textbooks approved to be used in the Texas government schools are NOT approved by the Governor. They are authorized by the ELECTED State Board of Education with input from the Texas Education Agency. Perry neither appoints nor controls the SBOE.
Unlike Geller, I know people on the SBOE. Many are very conservative, but the composition of the 15 member board has tended to be majority liberal because of some RINO Rs. Yes, there is some Mohammedan-friendly curriculum that some Texas schools use.
Someone who isn’t a complete ignoramus, however, would know that that is the case in every state. In fact, it is worse in most states. Moreover, because Texas is such a large textbook market, it has frustrated liberals across the country by the SBOE’s insistence that much of the liberal tripe in textbooks be removed before they can be sold to Texas schools. Geller ought to know that.
The Geller article is tripe. Perry can be criticized legitimately for Gardasil, the TTC, and some other things, but for some reason he is attracting ridiculous smears such as this piece.
“How, in anyone’s opinion, does Perry plan to get this curriculum material past the textbook committee whose members HE appointed?”
Pssst—they are told to pass them along and then read wht’s in them. LOL