Texas Public Schools Receive “D” Rating from Conservative Think Tank
Written by Christopher Thielen in News, Politics at February 22, 2011
Recall our discussion back on Episode 7 of the podcast discussing the Texas Board of Education’s move to inject both religion and conservative politics into the public education system’s social studies programs. We called it a bad move, and, according to a recent report, even a conservative think tank agrees; from the Thomas B. Fordham Institute’s report:
The conservative majority on the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) has openly sought to use the state curriculum to promote its political priorities, molding the telling of the past to justify its current views and aims … Indeed, the SBOE majority displayed overt hostility and contempt for historians and scholars, whom they derided as insidious activists for a liberal academic establishment.
Texas Freedom Network President Kathy Miller:
This analysis adds to a growing chorus of criticism aimed at state board members who deliberately and arrogantly substituted their own political biases for facts and scholarship throughout the standards.
Texas State Board of Education Chair Gail Lowe has defended the Board’s moves, calling the report, “misinformation.”
“Misinformation.” Yeah, typical move - attack others with words that describe your own actions while trying to play the victim. Straight from the Christian Right game book.