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A joint review process of all CSCOPE lessons, beginning with Social Studies. Removing civil or criminal penalties associated with the release of CSCOPE content. Allowing teachers to post any and all CSCOPE lessons that they deem necessary. Creating a standing curriculum review panel composed of parents, teachers, and school administrators.
In 2009, the board received criticism from more than 50 scientific organizations over an attempt to weaken science standards on evolution. [7] In October 2012, The Revisionaries, a documentary film about the re-election of the chairman of the Texas Board of Education Don McLeroy and the curriculum controversy, was released. [8]
Christina Castillo Comer (born 1950) is the former Director of Science in the curriculum division of the Texas Education Agency (TEA). Comer spent nine years as the Director of Science until she resigned on November 7, 2007.
The Texas Education Agency says the lessons “were developed using the best evidence from cognitive science to ensure teachers have access to quality, on-grade-level materials that enable ...
More: Approval of new science textbooks for Texas students could spark climate change debate. The board also chafed at the biology textbook submitted by McGraw-Hill Education. Member Evelyn Brooks ...
Texas’ education board approved new science textbooks Friday but called on some publishers to remove material that some Republicans criticized as incorrect or negative portrayals of fossil fuels ...
[72] In response over 100 biology professors from Texas universities signed a letter to the state education commissioner denouncing the requirement to be neutral on the subject of intelligent design. [73] The 2017 science curriculum eliminated language that openly questioned evolution, but still leaves room for teaching creationism. [74]
recommended by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (2003). Yet despite ongoing legislative debate, it is unclear whether these initiatives will have the intended effect, or, even if successful, represent the most effective means for producing such change. In order to address this question, we compared the efficacy of two different ...