Well, he has some company re. the recent textbook brouhaha -

Post #327,327 by Ashton 6/3/10 9:02:36 PM Reply	Well, he has some company re. the recent textbook brouhaha - http://action.aclu.o...4QkZi4Lzgzy9eQF9A.. ACLU recent note re "Keep Texas's biased curriculum out of our schools" Dear ACLU Supporter, Make sure Texas doesn't export their textbook standards to the rest of the country. Tell America's textbook publishers that you oppose rewriting history. Did you hear what just happened in Texas? Extremist forces on the Texas State Board of Education forced through final approval of outrageous, ideologically-slanted standards for history textbooks. Ignoring a record-setting 12,000 letters of protest generated by ACLU activists from across the country, the Board swept aside the objections of parents and professional educators. There is a real danger that this curriculum could now spread all across the country. Because Texas purchases tens of millions of textbooks every year, it has outsized influence on the content of textbooks used all over America. In fact, 46 to 47 states use textbooks based on Texas's curriculum. [Ed: Now THAT's SCARY..] That's why textbook publishers need to hear from you today. Demand that textbook publishers keep Texas's biased curriculum out of our schools. Students will now be required to "contrast" the separation of church and state with the founding fathers' intentions to protect religious freedomÂ learn that the McCarthy witch hunts of the 1950's were justifiedÂ and study the "unintended consequences" of programs like Title IX and affirmative action. This is the kind of extremism we're facing right now. Let's stand up and stop reactionary forces from gaining a foothold in schools all across the country. Tell America's textbook publishers that you oppose rewriting history. Millions of students could be forced to follow these outrageously-biased standards. Please join us in speaking out today. This is not merely a 'in the Texas republic' issue, obviously. It's about vulture-capitalism in the publishing game: Why have a Blue- Red- duelling-States version -- when you can push: One Size Fits All == it's cheaper.. too. {sigh}
Post #327,345 by SpiceWare 6/4/10 12:35:15 AM Reply	Probably not well known outside of Texas, but the majority of Texans don't agree with what's going on either. I'm not surprised in the least that linc would ignore this in his rants. http://www.chron.com...look/7028348.html Our schoolchildren deserve far better, and a Greenberg Quinlan Rosner poll for the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund shows that the vast majority of Texans agree. The May 4-12 poll found that 72 percent of Texas likely voters, including 78 percent of parents, want teachers and scholars, not elected state board members, to be responsible for writing curriculum standards and textbook requirements for public schools.
Post #327,348 by Ashton 6/4/10 2:19:33 AM Reply	Excellent reportage of an impressive-majority take on these shenanigans! Sincerely glad to see such clear evidence that the Whole State of Texas is not some surreal spawning ground for Reactionaries (claiming to be 'conservative' -- universally now.) I was wondering how such a radical and patent political rewrite of textbooks could pass with no significant outcry anywhere !? I calls '78% of parents' == SIGNIFICANT. Now let's get that fossilized committee replaced, before ennui sets in, eh? (Send each one home to retirement with a lifetime subscription to Human Events and a copy of the US Constitution.) Thanks; good news is rarer than hens teeth these days..
Post #327,357 by boxley 6/4/10 8:20:08 AM Reply	I imagine texas is much like kansas where the average joe is too busy having a life than to wonder what the squirrels and hacks on these obscure boards are actually doing and show great umbrage when their noses are rubbed into the mess.
Post #327,629 by lincoln 6/9/10 2:35:49 PM Reply	well if that's the case why did the Neocons on the board who represent only 28% of Texas likely voters win? "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #327,634 by SpiceWare 6/9/10 2:50:59 PM Reply	It is the case Do the politicians you voted for do 100% of the things you expect them to? I highly doubt it.

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