By Selwyn Duke
In this age of new math and Newspeak, the term “revised standards” is usually a euphemism for lowered or, worse still, deformed ones. But not so in Texas 2010, where the State Board of Education (SBOE) has just voted to resurrect a more traditional curriculum for schools statewide.
Along a strict 10 to 5 party-line vote, the board’s Republican majority decided to institute standards that, among other things, question the constitutionality of the “separation of church and state” principle, mention the Christian nature of the Founding Fathers, emphasize the superiority of free-enterprise systems, and point out the unintended consequences of leftist legislation such as the Great Society programs and Title IX. In fact, writes James McKinley, Jr. of The New York Times, “Since January, Republicans on the board have passed more than 100 amendments to the 120-page curriculum standards affecting history, sociology and economics courses from elementary to high school.”
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