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In Texas, public education “is facing billions in proposed budget cuts,” but not all is bleak for some schools.
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The Libertarian Two-Step
Better late than never. Hit & Run, wading into the textbook wars, offers up this equivalent of a libertarian koan: It is difficult to determine just what specific curriculum changes the Texas school board has in mind, though the ringleader of the revisionist faction, a creationist weirdo named Don McLeroy, strikes me as one who…Continue Reading…
Can Reason Save Texas?
Reason magazine is running a multimedia series, “Reason saves Cleveland.” One of the episodes is titled “Fix the Schools.” After Reason is finished saving Cleveland from urban decline, I propose that staffers head out to the Lone Star state and save Texas from theocrats, who have hijacked the public school curriculum. Nor is that abomination…Continue Reading…
The Texas Perversion
It’s been on public display this past week. As the NYT reports: After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely…Continue Reading…