Meet the Crusader Behind Texas' Textbook Whitewash

Swede

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Mon May-17-10 09:14 PM
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Meet the Crusader Behind Texas' Textbook Whitewash

Dunbar was elected to the state board of education for her evangelical Christian credentials, but no real surprise there because we already know that Texas has a large number of crazies in positions of power. A proponent of home and Christian private schooling, Dunbar says that sending kids to public schools is like "throwing them in to the enemy's flames." But because of the sheer number of the state's textbook purchases, the changes suggested by Dunbar could eventually reach most of the states in America.

http://gawker.com/5540483/meet-the-crusader-behind-texas-textbook-whitewash

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Orrex

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Mon May-17-10 09:28 PM
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1. Textbooks should be standardized at the Federal level

Every argument I've ever heard against it, in fact, is wholly trumped by giving seven Texas assholes the unchallenged power to make the selection for the entire nation.

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Canuckistanian

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Mon May-17-10 09:44 PM
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2. No thanks.

It's all too predictable who and what she is.

What amazes me is that they have any power beyond dogcatcher status.

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