Texas ‘Bluebonnet Textbook’ Would Teach Bible-Based Curriculum to Students – Big Vote Coming

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Texas ‘Bluebonnet Textbook’ Would Teach ******-Based Curriculum to Students – Big Vote Coming

The Texas State Board of Education is one step closer to signing off on a new ******-based curriculum for elementary public schools. 

The state’s education board held a preliminary vote Tuesday on its “Bluebonnet” textbook that would provide optional course material for kindergarten through fifth-grade students. 

The curriculum was designed with a multi-disciplinary approach that uses reading and language arts lessons to reiterate concepts in other subjects, such as history or social studies, according to the

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So kindergarteners would learn about the “golden rule” through a lesson on the story of the Good Samaritan, found in the Gospels. Or students would learn about the significant role ****** played in artwork such as Leonardo da Vinci’s painting “The Last Supper,” a

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report explains. A poetry unit for fifth graders would examine the Book of Psalms from the Old Testament alongside poems from Robert Frost and William Carlos Williams. 

Adopting the curriculum is optional for schools. However, they would receive additional funding, $60 a student, if the school participates.

Educators, parents, and advocates weighed in Monday at the State Board of Education’s final meeting of the year.

Critics argued the curriculum’s ********** teachings would alienate students of other faiths, while proponents made the case that it would give students a more holistic educational foundation.

Educator Megan Tessler said the lesson plans contradict the public school mission. “This curriculum fails to meet the standard of an honest, secular one,” Tessler said. “Public schools are meant to educate, not indoctrinate.” 

Others strongly backed the idea.

“Parents and teachers want a return to excellence,” said Cindy Asmussen, testifying Monday. “Stories and concepts in the ****** have been common for hundreds of years,” and that, she said, is a core part of classical learning.

The second-largest teacher’s union in the country also weighed in. 

The Texas chapter of the

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said in a statement that the curriculum “violate(s) the separation of ******* and state and the academic freedom of our classroom” as well as “the sanctity of the teaching profession.”

The program was designed by the Texas Education Agency earlier this year after the passage of a law giving it a mandate to create its own free textbook.

The agency said in a

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that the materials “were developed using the best evidence from cognitive science to ensure teachers have access to quality, on-grade-level materials that enable teachers to focus on delivering the highest-quality instruction and providing differentiated supports to students.”

The proposal to incorporate religious teaching in Texas public schools is similar to other efforts around the country to allow students to learn about the ******’s impact on history and civilization.

As CBN News reported, Louisiana is taking steps to display a Ten Commandments poster in classrooms. That effort is being disputed in the courts.

And Oklahoma is looking to reintroduce the ****** in public school classrooms. Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters is spearheading the effort which is also facing legal challenges. 

“We’re going to continue to stand up against these ******** left-wing groups and say, listen, the ******, in its historical context, belongs in the classroom,” Walters told

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. “And frankly, what have we seen since the ****** was removed from the classroom? Society, in almost every way, has gone downhill.”

Walters believes that bringing biblical principles back into Oklahoma classrooms will reshape the state’s education system and restore foundational values. 

“We’re not pushing individuals to be **********. We’re not pushing a religion on them. What we are doing is making sure that our kids understand ********* history, and that is essential for our kids to understand what made America great,” he said. 

The Texas State Board of Education will have a final vote on their textbook Friday. 

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