After months of wrangling, and highlighted by several days of acrimonious debate and political stupidity, the Texas State Board of Education passed a new set of curriculum standards yesterday.
There are… um… some problems.
Sigh…
Since Adorable Child will be entering high school next year, our impending relocation out of Texas seems all the more timely.
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The hoopla around President Obama’s speech to students tomorrow has been pretty danged astonishing. Since I’ve already blogged about it elsewhere, I thought I’d just drop a link to the text as it will be delivered tomorrow, and then maybe …
Hey Texas! Look what our State Board of Education (SBOE) is up to! From the WSJ: The Texas Board of Education will vote this week on a new science curriculum designed to challenge the guiding principle of evolution, a step …
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