Some troubling, some encouraging stats from a poll of Texans re: Bd of Ed curriculum changes.....

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The poll asked whether Texans agree with a number of curriculum and textbook revisions recently approved by the State Board of Education. They agree with some but not with others. To wit:

• 65 percent "strongly" or "somewhat" approve of elective Bible courses in public high schools; only 18 percent disapprove.

• Slightly more than half — 52 percent — approve of science standards that "present evidence that is both supportive and critical of evolution." Just over a fourth — 28 percent — disapprove of that standard.

• History standards that discuss "the Christian religious beliefs of America's Founding Fathers" have the approval of 60 percent of those surveyed, including 45 percent who "strongly approve." Only 23 percent disapprove.

• Discussion of the "importance of America's free market economy to its success as a nation" has the approval of 73 percent of those surveyed (including 51 percent who strongly approve) and the disapproval of 11 percent.

• Reducing the amount of time teachers are required to spend talking about the contributions of racial and ethnic minorities is supported by only 35 percent in the survey, while 42 percent disapprove and 20 percent say they don't have a preference one way or the other. ................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.texastribune.org/stories/2010/may/25/barely-passing/

Lots of deluded fundies out there. The idiots on the Curriculum board are elected, you know.