New Texas Social Studies Standards May Mean More Involvement for Parents

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After a particularly controversial fight over what will be the new standard for social studies education in Texas classrooms for the next 10 years, a preliminary curriculum has been passed.

What's particularly alarming is how both politics and religion came to play such a vital role in a fight over history lessons.  What is unfortunate is, despite the increasing diversity of our state, that same acknowledgement of diversity will be played down in our children's education.

My parents (both educators) always taught me, and studies have overwhelmingly shown, that the key to ensuring a good education for a child is parental involvement.  I encourage all parents to look over these new standards, and if you feel that there are certain aspects of American History which are either being ignored or manipulated, get invovled.  Sit down with your kids, as I certainly will, and make sure that they are receiving the well-rounded education that the Texas Board of Education is, it seems, trying to rob our children of.