Texas board to vote on social studies standards

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Source: ap

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas State Board of Education was to vote Friday on new standards for teaching social studies and other lessons that could affect students nationwide, after several days of debate on how much to emphasize Christmas and which historic figures to include.

Board members spent more than five hours Thursday wading through dozens of amendments to the state's required curriculum. The debate was contentious at times as the guidelines will dictate what about 4.8 million students from kindergarten through 12th grade must learn in social studies, history and economics over the next decade.
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The board also debated the merits of having second-graders read Aesop's Fables, which will be included in the curriculum. After an initial recommendation and ensuing outcry, the board chose not to remove Christmas from a list of religious holidays and observances in a sixth-grade world cultures class.

Another flashpoint was expected over how much emphasis should be given to the religious beliefs of the nation's founding fathers. Some activists want to highlight their Christianity, but others insist curriculum must emphasize the constitutional separation of church and state.


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hope they find a good balance, laicist one.

[MindPilot]

1. Kinda difficult to highlight the founding father's christianity

since there (almost) wasn't any.

[tbyg52]

2. I know that, and you know that, but some people are not swayed by facts..... nt

[No Elephants]

3. I think we all know where this is headed.