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randomSignal boosting for the United Farm Workers, who have an online form where you can e-mail the chair of the Texas Board of Education.
The TX State Board of Education is currently preparing to adopt new social studies curriculum standards. These standards have major national implications as Texas is such a major purchaser of textbooks and their state’s required curriculum drives the content of textbooks produced nationwide.
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The TX State Board of Education has hired 6 "experts" to determine what will be in the books their schools use. Some of these "experts" are arguing that the state’s social studies and history textbooks are giving "too much attention" to some of the most prominent civil rights leaders in US History, namely Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall. [...] Another of these "experts" evangelical minister Peter Marshall said, "To have Cesar Chavez listed next to Ben Franklin"--as in the current standards--"is ludicrous." He went on to say Chávez is not a role model who "ought to be held up to our children as someone worthy of emulation."
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Board members and their appointees have complained about an "over representation of minorities" in the current social studies standards.
This make you cranky too? E-mail, or better yet, call Gail Lowe, the chair of the Board of Education in Texas. Especially if you're an American - mention that it concerns you deeply, as school publishers tend to only put together one national edition. Especially, especially, if you're a Texan, and vote there.
The TX State Board of Education is currently preparing to adopt new social studies curriculum standards. These standards have major national implications as Texas is such a major purchaser of textbooks and their state’s required curriculum drives the content of textbooks produced nationwide.
[...]
The TX State Board of Education has hired 6 "experts" to determine what will be in the books their schools use. Some of these "experts" are arguing that the state’s social studies and history textbooks are giving "too much attention" to some of the most prominent civil rights leaders in US History, namely Cesar Chavez and Thurgood Marshall. [...] Another of these "experts" evangelical minister Peter Marshall said, "To have Cesar Chavez listed next to Ben Franklin"--as in the current standards--"is ludicrous." He went on to say Chávez is not a role model who "ought to be held up to our children as someone worthy of emulation."
[...]
Board members and their appointees have complained about an "over representation of minorities" in the current social studies standards.
This make you cranky too? E-mail, or better yet, call Gail Lowe, the chair of the Board of Education in Texas. Especially if you're an American - mention that it concerns you deeply, as school publishers tend to only put together one national edition. Especially, especially, if you're a Texan, and vote there.
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Date: 2009-07-27 08:12 pm (UTC)