Political headwinds: Legislation proposed as the political discourse around how race is...
, schools would also be required to make the courses available to their students, whether it be on-campus or through an online course partnered with another school district. Morales said the major public education advocacy groups are in support of the measure.
“You cannot miss a news cycle without reading about some initiative to take away history, some initiative to rewrite curriculum at the State Board of Ed, some initiative to threaten college campuses,” Martinez Fischer said, noting this bill would do the opposite, promoting diversity and inclusion. “Everybody seems to be walking on political eggshells these days.”
“When you scroll through your yearbook, you oftentimes move quickly through the yearbook. Because you were not in the badminton class, so you move through. And if you didn't play basketball, you move through it quickly,” Johnson said. “But somehow, when we got to that page that you were on, you kind of stop, do you not? You kind of look at yourself a little differently, and you looked good, your hair was nice, and you really take pride in it.
In the last several years, conservative parents have expressed anger to lawmakers, local school boards and the State Board of Education. Their complaints have often stemmed from a belief that Texas school curriculums are too “woke” and are placing increased emphasis on nonwhite, LGBTQ+ or sectarian perspectives.
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