Comment texas republicans oppose teaching critical thinkin (Score 2) 553
unbelievably this is actually true. in 2012 the texas republican party opposed teaching critical thinking skills to kids http://www.washingtonpost.com/.... right from the horse's mouth: "Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority."
and texas sets the standards for public school books as they buy the most books and schools throughout the nation follow their lead to get lower costs.
the republicans say they want to "create jobs" but fail in preparing our kids for jobs.
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