By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--February 5, 2013
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“Members of the Senate Education Committee on Thursday grilled the creators of a curriculum system used across Texas that critics say promotes anti-American values and stifles classroom flexibility. “Committee Chairman Dan Patrick, R-Houston, called it ‘a mess.’ One witness compared the system to "mind control," and an algebra teacher wept as he described quitting because he felt he was ‘aiding and abetting a crime’ by using CSCOPE in his classroom. “CSCOPE is an electronic curriculum management system that offers Web-based lesson plans and exams designed to help teachers adhere to state education requirements. It is used in 875 school districts -- more than 70 percent of districts statewide -- and is supposed to be flexible enough for teachers to alter content to meet their individual needs. “A string of witnesses before the Senate Education Committee criticized the program for promoting liberal values they said are anti-Christian at best and openly socialist at worst. “They also complained that it is hard for non-teachers to get a look at the program."Great. Texas kids are being subjected to a liberal, anti-Christian, computerized education system that parents have a hard time examining. Nothing creepy about that. Maybe, instead of making communist flags, kids might be better served learning, oh I don't know ....math?
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