A potential Bible-infused curriculum may be coming soon to public schools in Texas.
The proposal is supposed to focus on instructional updates in the classroom for kindergarten through 5th graders but some of the materials worked into it have raised some eyebrows.Streaming 24/7: Watch NBC 5 local news and weather for free wherever you are
but some of the materials worked into it that have raised some eyebrows are a number of religious references in the English and Language Arts side of the curriculum. Those items still made it past reviewers hired by the SBOE. The board is set to make a final vote in November on the proposal.“Look, there’s nothing wrong with classical education as a concept nor is there anything wrong with learning about religion and its impact on society. It is impossible to teach history without understanding the impact of religion on historical figures such as Martin Luther or Martin Luther King, Jr., for that matter,” .
"It puts school districts in a really difficult place of having to choose between funding their education and adopting what is a really harmful curriculum,” said Amanda Tyler, lead organizer of."We know from the public comment period that those opposing this curriculum outnumbered those supporting it 10 to 1 and I expect that we will also have many Texans of all faiths and none coming to the State Board of Education this week to express their concerns.
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