“This is essentially a motion that’s saying we’re giving up,” said education board member Rebecca Bell-Metereau, a Democrat. Story by TexasTribune.
The State Board of Education had been evaluating a recommendation that would have had Texas students spend kindergarten through second grade learning about Texas, U.S. and world history.proposed updates
The Texas Education Agency asserted that the original proposal would have increased the teaching of Texas history overall, as it would have been taught in more grade levels. But opponents argued it diminished the teaching of Texas exceptionalism. The Texas history provision was one of many changes being floated. Other proposed updates included possibly teaching second graders about Juneteenth with a book that describes George Floyd’s murder as “brutal” and “race-driven” and how the incident spurred national attention to the holiday. The LGBTQ Pride movement would have been taught in eighth grade alongside the Civil Rights and women’s liberation movements.
The State Board of Education, an elected 15-member board, takes up revisions to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for social studies about every decade. The curriculum sets the standards for how the state’s 5.5 million public school students of all grades learn the subject. “It reduces the mention of America’s resilience, trust in God and celebration of our Declaration of Independence and freedom week,” Potenza said.
Orlando Lara, a parent, said he wants his daughter to learn how to be a global citizen as well as an American one.
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