I wonder what qualifies someone to serve on the Texas Board of Education textbook committee?
Lineage dating back to Neanderthals must be a requirement. Is it any wonder the rest of the United States, and possibly the entire world, view Texans as low I.Q. mouth breathers?
It should come as no surprise that Texas high school students might be taught that Moses “informed the American Founding documents.”
The latest textbook committee peccadillo concerning the state’s social studies requirements was should the word “heroic” be removed in describing the Alamo defenders.
Caused quite a flap; even a representative from the Texas Values group protested removal of the adjective stating, “In Texas, you don’t mess with the Alamo and you don’t mess with our Christian heritage,” The seven women who survived the battle of the Alamo didn’t pass muster for a mention in textbooks.
Christian heritage in Texas is rarely mentioned except when the legislature is in session and the state finds ways to restrict women’s rights.
Last week the state board of education voted to remove Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller from the history curriculum. The first woman in history to be nominated for President of the United States is not worthy of mention in history studies? Helen Keller, a role model for courage, is not worthy of mention?
Members of the Texas State Board of Education are elected and there are no term limits.
The seven women who currently serve on the fifteen-member board probably don’t know that seven women survived the battle of the Alamo.
I doubt it is mentioned anywhere in a history book.
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