PLATFORM #FidelityToTheFacts
PLATFORM #FidelityToTheFacts
Lobbyist organizations with agendas have infiltrated our curriculum and now students are expected to learn about the National Rifle Association, the Heritage Foundation, the Contract with America, and the Moral Majority as opposed to our students focusing on content areas that are more likely to build patriotic understanding. Even many Conservative scholars believe that these should be struck from the curriculum.
I would like to adjust the current curriculum to be more relevant to Texas' goal of making our students the most effective global leaders of tomorrow. Being able to analyze primary sources is an essential skill to help our students analyze the information of today and compete on a global level. Our students need a curriculum that is based on facts. Moses should not be mentioned in the US History curriculum.
The current District 6 Board Member works for Shell Oil. When he was elected in 2020, he convinced the board to remove climate change from the curriculum before adopting textbooks. They had JUST added it a few months before. Climate Change is the defining issue of our time. The science curriculum in Texas barely acknowledges climate change. It is only mentioned in a few optional courses that are taught to high school seniors. Climate change needs to be taught to the people who will have to live with it or fix it. In addition, Board members with personal agendas have included content, such as creationist language.
US History 8th Grade
US History 8th Grade
Science
Science
US History (part 2)
US History (part 2)
I have questions about the efficacy of special education services within the charter schools in Texas. We need to have clear data on what percentage of special education students are served in the charter schools, the type/quality of services provided, and general accessibility of that setting for the special education population. Do they serve students at the same rate/percentage as public schools? If not, why are they allowed different standards? We also need accountability and transparency on how public funds are spent.
At present, our Health Education curriculum does not support many evidence-based practices for healthy students, such as understanding consent and sex. Rape will not end by telling people to avoid certain situations, that just means the rapist rapes someone else. Blaming the victims of rape is not helping to lower the number of rapes in Texas but actively teaching consent, what it looks like and how to get and give it, would.
In the world in which we live, contentious historical topics are contentious because of a variety of perspectives. Students should be taught in a manner that uses historical documents and primary sources to support understanding of these situations. The Board is currently hearing about requested changes that include removing "states rights" as a cause of the Civil War and thus watering down the actual cause which was slavery. Some Board members are fighting back on this change.
Health
Health
US History
US History
Accountability and Transparency
Accountability and Transparency