Social Studies Materials Near Final Vote
Texans for Superior Education, by Frank Mayo, 11/16/14 –
The midterm election was a great step forward for the most part. Most levels of government are now substantially more motivated to listen to conservative ideas and principles.
Unfortunately the State Board of Education (SBOE) ended up with the same basic balance with the progressives maintaining a small but important majority. That means we must be very active telling them what makes good sense. We will have to work diligently to get favorable results.
This week the SBOE will have their final meeting on materials for review this year. These include social studies, math and the arts. Of those the social studies materials are by far the most problematic. The errors and biases in these materials are typical of the political correctness pushed by the progressive mindset in CSCOPE and Common Core. That is not surprising since these publishers would like to sell Texas the same textbooks that they expect to sell the states that have bought into Common Core to get a payoff by the federal Department of Education.
Welcome to Texas!
By Suzanne Van Hecke, 04/18/14 –
We live in liberal MN and are relocating to the area.
I assumed TX was a conservative state and therefore would be safe wherever we chose to live. I just researched that TX doesn’t use Common Core but critics say Cscope is just TX’s version of it. Can anyone tell me if Weatherford or Aledo ISDs use Common Core or Cscope?
Left for dead, CSCOPE may live again
Star-Telegram, By Will Weissert (AP), 07/18/13
AUSTIN — Maybe CSCOPE’s not dead after all.
The curriculum system designed to help teachers adhere to state educational requirements was trumpeted as disbanded in May by conservatives who criticized it as promoting anti-American values.
But a top Texas Education Agency attorney suggested Wednesday that CSCOPE is now in the public domain, meaning its lesson plans and exams can be used in any districts where school boards authorize it.
King Discusses CSCOPE
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King Discusses CSCOPE
WEATHERFORD – The following statement may be attributed to State Representative Phil
King (R-Weatherford) regarding the lesson plans provided by CSCOPE:
Texas teaching ‘Allah is the Almighty God’
Curriculum under fire for radical ideas, secrecy
From WND.com, by John Griffing, December 14, 2012 – In the 70 percent of Texas public schools where a private curriculum has been installed, students are learning the “fact” that “Allah is the Almighty God,” charge critics of a new online curriculum that already is facing condemnation for its secrecy and restrictions on oversight.
The program, called CSCOPE, is a private venture operating under the umbrella of the Texas Education Service Center Curriculum Collaborative, whose incorporation documents state its independence from the State Board of Education of the Texas Education Agency.
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