Texas board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools

[Michie]

Democratic-linked South Asian advocacy group warns move ‘undermines religious freedom’

The Texas State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a new curriculum that introduces optional Bible-based teachings in elementary schools, a move which aligns the Lone Star state with other Republican-led states pushing for greater religious presence in public classrooms.

The curriculum, which is optional for districts to adopt, aims to infuse Bible teachings into various subjects, particularly reading and language arts, for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. While districts can choose whether to implement the lessons, those that opt to do so will receive additional state funding.

Friday’s final vote follows a preliminary voteearlier this week that saw the board’s 15 members narrowly endorse Bluebonnet Learning, a curriculum proposed earlier this year by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for use in K-5 public school classrooms.

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Texas board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools

The Texas State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a new curriculum that introduces optional Bible-based teachings in elementary schools, a move which aligns the Lone Star state with other

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[jas3]

I was curious when I saw that the lesson materials were publicly available, so I made an account to look at what the curriculum included. There's really not very much material from the Bible; I found one art lesson that included paintings of Creation, as well as a piece of Aztec pottery depicting the Aztec creation myth. It looks like all this curriculum really does is make it so that Christian art and the Bible as literature aren't off-limits to teachers. I would guess the vast majority of people claiming it's "religious indoctrination" haven't even looked at the course materials.

 

[stevevw]

Democratic-linked South Asian advocacy group warns move ‘undermines religious freedom’

The Texas State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a new curriculum that introduces optional Bible-based teachings in elementary schools, a move which aligns the Lone Star state with other Republican-led states pushing for greater religious presence in public classrooms.

The curriculum, which is optional for districts to adopt, aims to infuse Bible teachings into various subjects, particularly reading and language arts, for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. While districts can choose whether to implement the lessons, those that opt to do so will receive additional state funding.

Friday’s final vote follows a preliminary voteearlier this week that saw the board’s 15 members narrowly endorse Bluebonnet Learning, a curriculum proposed earlier this year by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) for use in K-5 public school classrooms.

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Texas board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools

The Texas State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a new curriculum that introduces optional Bible-based teachings in elementary schools, a move which aligns the Lone Star state with other

www.christianpost.com

Why not. If they enforce gender ideology which is a religion and not fact then why not 'optional' bible studies. After all our nations were founded on the bible.