{"id":128065,"date":"2024-11-20T15:07:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T08:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128065"},"modified":"2024-11-20T15:07:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T08:07:57","slug":"texas-board-advances-plan-to-allow-bible-material-in-elementary-school-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128065","title":{"rendered":"Texas board advances plan to allow Bible material in elementary school lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 Texas\u2019 education board on Tuesday advanced a new Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for schools to incorporate in kindergarten through fifth grades, one of the latest Republican-led efforts in the U.S. to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>The vote moves the Texas State Board of Education one step closer to signing off on what is known as the \u201cBluebonnet\u201d textbook, which drew hours of often emotional testimony from school teachers and parents earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>The board is expected to hold a final vote on the measure Friday. <\/p>\n<p>The curriculum \u2014 designed by the state\u2019s public education agency \u2014 would allow teachings from the Bible such as the Golden Rule and lessons from books such as Genesis into classrooms. Under the plan, it would be optional for schools to adopt the curriculum though they would receive additional funding if they did so.<\/p>\n<p>Educators, parents and advocates weighed in Monday at the State Board of Education\u2019s final meeting of the year, where many opponents argued that the proposal\u2019s emphasis on Christian teachings would alienate students of other faith backgrounds. Those in favor testified that it\u2019ll give students a more holistic educational foundation.<\/p>\n<p>Educator Megan Tessler testified Monday that the plan contradicts the public school mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis curriculum fails to meet the standard of an honest, secular one,\u201d Tessler said. \u201cPublic schools are meant to educate, not indoctrinate.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Others strongly backed the idea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents and teachers want a return to excellence,\u201d said Cindy Asmussen, testifying Monday. \u201cStories and concepts in the Bible have been common for hundreds of years,\u201d and that, she said, is a core part of classical learning.<\/p>\n<p>Religious experts and the Texas Freedom Network, a left-leaning watchdog group that monitors the state\u2019s education board, said the curriculum proposal focuses too much on Christianity and also dances around the history of slavery.<\/p>\n<p>The program was designed by the Texas Education Agency earlier this year after passage of a law giving it a mandate to create its own free textbook. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has publicly supported the new materials.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers in Texas have also proposed displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms and are likely to revisit the issue next year. <\/p>\n<p>The proposal to incorporate religious teaching in Texas public schools mirrors similar efforts around the country, which are also drawing court challenges.<\/p>\n<p>In Oklahoma, state officials are seeking to include the Bible in public school lesson plans. But a group of students\u2019 parents, teachers and others <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/oklahoma-bible-mandate-schools-lawsuit-c5c09efa5332db1ab16f7ff2da7be0b8\">recently filed suit<\/a><\/span>, seeking to stop Oklahoma\u2019s top education official from carrying out the plan intended for students in grades 5 through 12. The lawsuit before the Oklahoma Supreme Court also asks the court to stop the Republican state superintendent from <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/oklahoma-bible-schools-trump-endorsed-f8001269aadca5b41712c6ec80e34f69\">spending $3 million to purchase Bibles<\/a><\/span> in support of the plan.<\/p>\n<p>In Louisiana, a new state law sought to have the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ten-commandments-law-blocked-public-schools-louisiana-87b3dde94e583fdbb9ecb26db42b0206\">Ten Commandments displayed<\/a><\/span> in all public classrooms, but a federal judge recently quashed that requirement. U.S. District Judge John W. deGravelles in Baton Rouge said last week that the Louisiana law had an \u201covertly religious\u201d purpose, and rejected state officials\u2019 claims that the government can mandate the posting of the Ten Commandments because they hold historical significance to the foundation of U.S. law. His opinion noted that no other foundational documents \u2014 including the Constitution or the Bill of Rights \u2014 must be posted.<\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Lathan is a corps member for the Associated Press\/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reportforamerica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Report for America<\/a><\/span> is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/texas-public-school-religion-bible-curriculum-education-0585dc0a1ecb04b6cf426cce08af7543\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas (AP) \u2014 Texas\u2019 education board on Tuesday advanced a new Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for schools to incorporate in kindergarten through fifth grades, one of the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128065\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}