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The Texas Board of Education met Friday to revise its social studies curriculum. The Board's far-right faction succeeded in injecting ultra-conservative ideals into social studies, history, and economic lessons for K-12 children. Among the radical changes in education: no reference to sex and gender esp. LGBTs, no requirement to acknowledge Tejanos in Texas history, no separation of church-state principles, and removed Thomas Jefferson as an influential Enlightenment thinker during the American Revolutionary period.

As a teacher and a citizen, I am horrified, infuriated. and utterly disgusted at the right-wing Christian fundamentalist assault on education.

For more: www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/13/texas-textbook-massacre...