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Originally Posted by dyna mo
I'd suggest you do more reading on this event prior to ranting at the rest of some of us re: politicized history because based on what you post, you're misunderstanding what is going on.
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Actually I think it's you that needs to re-read what is going on.
It started out as an typical local school board deciding to allow teachers to have more flexibility when teaching advanced students. The school board decided that it might be better to not focus on "tests" for these classes.
They decided a more open format might create a better learning environment, vs just teaching kids to pass a test. Ie they wanted to engage the kids brains not brainwash them.
There was no re-write of history or change in what was taught, they just decided to try and teach a different way.. This is what you seem to be calling evil liberalism..
Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee (RNC) created a mandate on "changing" education on the local level, by pushing pro patriotism, pushing pro free market agenda and down playing the bad stuff like slavery, civil disobedience and so forth.
The Conservatives then targeted the next election in Jefferson country and won the local school board elections. They then went dove first Into rewriting the school curriculum to align with the new RNC mandate and not even asking for I put from parents or teachers. By doing this they brought a political agenda to the schools where there had been none before..
This caused the teachers,students and parents to act together and walk out of the schools.
Yet somehow to you it's all the liberals fault as some how they forced the RNC to write mandate and then attempt to push it at the local levels..politicizing the schoolyards by trying to push political agenda to dumb down the students of this country rather than educate them.