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SBOE Fireworks, More To Come

Last Friday, the State Board of Education met to discuss something that had become a much more controversial topic than many imagined: English and reading standards. What made the topic and the meeting particularly controversial is that the standards that were adopted in a 9-6 vote were only seen by most SBOE members little more than an hour before the meeting! The standards that were adopted skirted teacher group recommendations and literally changed overnight a set of guidelines that some SBOE members had been working on for three years.

With the 9-6 vote, the set of standards adopted will be the state guidelines for English and reading in public schools across Texas for the next decade.

If you thought that English and reading skills were controversial, just wait for what is up next: Science. Something tells me if there is acrimony in the air over adjectives, adverbs and composition, we're going to see some serious fireworks over creationism versus science.

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