Texas Board of Education approves Bible stories as required reading in public schools
Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
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Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
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Different Spin. The left frames it as "Backlash as Texas Approves 'Unconstitutional' Mandatory Bible Lessons in Public Schools". The right frames it as "Millions of US students to be required to study Bible stories in bid to to infuse Christi...".
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Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
Critics say the new reading requirements infringe on religious freedoms and blur the separation of church and state.
The list includes picture book versions of "David and Goliath" and "Daniel and the Lion’s Den" for elementary students and excerpts from the Book of Job for high schoolers.
Millions of American schoolchildren will be required to study Bible stories under new curriculum changes designed to embed Christian teachings into classrooms. The Texas State Board of Educ...
The Texas Board of Education on Friday approved mandated reading lists for public school children that include passages from the Bible – the latest effort by leaders there to infuse the...
Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge to incorporate more religion into classrooms.
As education officials in Texas ban hundreds of books that run afoul of their interpretation of Christian morality, the State Board of Education on Friday approved a required reading list t...
DALLAS — Texas’ education board on Friday approved a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes Bible stories, widening conservative efforts to bring...
Texas became the first state in recent history to approve a required K-12 reading list mandating the teaching of Bible stories in public schools on Friday. The Texas State Board of Educatio...
The state board of education voted 9-5 for the list over objections from Jewish leaders. --