The proposed curriculum overhaul was released a week after the Texas GOP proposed requiring the Bible to be taught in public schools. School districts that opt to use them will get more funding.

The proposed curriculum overhaul was released a week after the Texas GOP proposed requiring the Bible to be taught in public schools. School districts that opt to use them will get more funding.

Elementary school curriculum proposed this week would infuse new state reading and language arts lessons with teachings on the Bible, marking the latest push by Texas Republicans to put more Christianity in public schools.

The Texas Education Agency released the thousands of pages of educational materials this week. They have been made available for public viewing and feedback and, if approved by the State Board of Education in November, will be available for public schools to roll out in August of 2025. Districts will have the option of whether to use the materials, but will be incentivized to do so with up to $60 per student in additional funding.

  • brvslvrnst@lemmy.ml
    56·
    4 months ago

    Aight, so long as we’re including other religious texts and having the class be a deep dive into similarities and differences and what might make the “human condition” between all of them, I’m game.

    Oh no? Just American Christianity? Sounds like something that goes against the Constitution there.

    sips tea

    • insufferableninja@lemdro.idEnglish
      6·
      4 months ago

      i went to high school in Texas in the 90s. One of the options for senior English was “the Bible as and in literature”, where they did what it says on the tin - studied the christian bible as a work of literature, and also ways the bible was used in literature.

      it was an aggressively non-religious class that focused on the bible because of its cultural importance, and some of my friends that started out nominally christian stopped identifying as such after reading the bible for class (some of them for the first time ever).

      That’s how you teach (just) the bible in school. Not whatever the hell they are doing now.

    • Lemming6969@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 months ago

      No, none of them, ever. Without that rule you’ll get preferential and biased teaching with a smidgen of others that are required. This method is how you get full blown religious schooling veiled in false equality.

  • Drusas@kbin.run
    18·
    4 months ago

    How are they getting so far in this effort with no pushback or media attention? It is a blatant violation of the first amendment.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    4 months ago

    Imagine living in a country where you have the freedom to choose whether or not you are religious or want anything to do with it and some dumb, probably peodphilic, politicians from the south can’t handle the fact that people are making a choice not to believe that an all power man in the sky controls everything. Could be me.

  • BigMacHole@lemm.ee
    6·
    4 months ago

    Republicans forcing Jews Muslims Hindus Atheists Satanists Pastafarians Rastafarians and all other Religions to ONLY LEARN the BIBLE is PROOF that DEMOCRATS are Constitution Hating Indoctrinaters!

  • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
    5·
    4 months ago

    I’m sure a kid getting good grades on their bible test will indicate they’re suited to more advanced education.

  • ...m...@ttrpg.network
    1·
    4 months ago

    …i just finished a cursory review of the material posted for public comment and can’t find any biblical content; anyone else?..

    (ELAR K-5-> Course Level Materials -> Fluency Supplement)