State Board of Education members on Tuesday preliminarily approved a rewrite of what Texas high schoolers learn in social studies, largely disregarding pleas from Muslims who testified that schools should […]
The State Board of Education gave final approval to changes to Texas' high school social studies curriculum. The changes involve how students will learn about Islam and Christianity. The revised social studies curriculum covers U.S. history, government and world geography.
State Board of Education members on Friday approved a rewrite of what Texas high schoolers learn in social studies, disregarding pleas from Muslims who testified that schools should teach how people of Islamic faith positively contributed to world history.
The Texas State Board of Education approved an updated social studies curriculum that many Muslims says discriminates against them and ignores Islam’s scientific and cultural contributions made through history.
The new curriculum will change what students learn in government and history classes, and the changes are already controversial, especially regarding lessons on Islam and Christianity.
High school students in Texas will also study early Muslims' "brutal military campaigns against Jewish and Christian tribes," the "normalization of slavery," including the taking of female captives to use as "harem slaves."
The Texas State Board of Education has adopted a revised social studies curriculum that highlights the role of radical Islam in the 9/11 terror attacks and discusses Mohammed’s “brutal military campaigns against Jewish and Christian tribes” while stressing the role of Christianity in shaping America…
The board approved language asserting that "radical Islam" motivated the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks rather than taking a more narrow focus on the terrorist groups involved in the attack.
"Several Democratic State Board of Education members pushed back against the wording, but the Republican-majority board still approved that section and the other changes on Friday." The post Texas Board of Education Approves Plan to Teach That 9/11 is Tied to Radical Islam first appeared on Le·gal I…
