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Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state’s school board voted in favor of the material on Friday.. A slim ...
The Texas Board of Education approved a new K-5 curriculum that allows Bible teachings in classrooms. The curriculum includes Biblical and Christian lessons about Moses, the story of the Good ...
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The State Board of Education is set to make its final vote later this week on whether the English and Language Arts textbooks provided by Texas will feature stories from the Bible.
If adopted, the new Texas curriculum would follow Republican-led efforts in neighboring states to give religion more of a presence in public schools. In Oklahoma, the state's education chief has ordered a copy of the Bible in every classroom , while Louisiana wants to make all of the state’s public school classrooms post the Ten Commandments ...
In Oklahoma, state officials are seeking to include the Bible in public school lesson plans. But a group of students' parents, teachers and others recently filed suit , seeking to stop Oklahoma's top education official from carrying out the plan intended for students in grades 5 through 12.
The controversy now coming to light is not so much that religion is discussed in public schools, but that the proposed material heavily focuses on Christianity.
The author found that, under the three legal tests used by the Supreme Court to determine the legality of Bible courses, the NCBCPS curriculum was "unfit for use in public school classrooms," while the Bible Literacy Project's curriculum "comports with constitutional standards, thus making it a viable alternative to the NCBCPS curriculum."
Some groups that oppose the inclusion of the Bible stories in the Bluebonnet material have said it would be difficult for cash-strapped school districts across Texas to pass up the extra $60 per ...