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Brain -> Conservatives Continue To Target History Textbooks (3/28/2010 1:21:18 PM)
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Conservatives want a US history that is white washed and full of fairy tales.
Conservatives Continue To Target History Textbooks
EL PASO, TX -- Conservatives in Texas continue to have one objective: inject history with right-wing ideology. The impact would not just affect students in Texas, but in most states too. The mostly conservative 15-member Texas State Board of Education will make one final vote in May to approve more than 300 amendments to social studies textbook standards. The textbooks are not just used in Texas, but also in about 40 other states that cannot afford to print their own textbook versions.
The four Democrats on the Board have been fighting to keep minority historical figures, but since they are outnumbered by 11 very conservative members, their influence is weak. The Board’s chair Gail Lowe, leads the pack of Republican members, including Dan McLeroy — an Orthodox Christian who has publicly said that shaping the textbooks is dictated by his world view, a Christian world view.
http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/03/28/conservatives-continue-to-target-history-textbooks/
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