Recently, the Huffington Post ran an article about the latest round of public school textbook standards adoption controversy occurring in the state of Texas. Apparently, the ultra right-wing Christian conservatives on the board overseeing the standards for that state have made it their personal mission to rewrite American history, government, and even economics to suit their own factually distorted, religious worldviews.
The reason I bother to pass this information on, despite the fact that I do not live in Texas or have children who will attend the public schools there, is that as the largest consumer of public school textbooks in the country, what happens to textbooks and/or curricular standards in Texas influences textbooks/curricula for the rest of the country. To see what changes have been initially approved by the Board, follow the link below. It's enough to knock the powder right out of your wig.
Quote of the Day:
"Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion and Government in the Constitution of the United States...practical distinction between Religion and Civil Government is essential to the purity of both, and as guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States."
--James Madison
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