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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.

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[-] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 16 points 1 month ago

They've legitimately done a lot of good in the fight for freedom of/from religion and separation of church and state. I'm not sure what the argument is because even though I called it "shenanigans" their actions have had tangible effects in the fight against religious extremism so I would call it better at least then just letting the religious zealots have their way. There's a great Stuff You Should Know podcast episode about them and some of the work they've done if your interested

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