The Check Engine Light is On!

     In the spring of 2010, the state of Texas was going through the common practice of curriculum revision for Social Studies in the state's public schools.  Instead of simply deciding to update the curriculum to include events and ideas that have changed since the last revision, the Texas Board of Education made changes that were clearly more political than educational.  For example, the Board had qualms with the theory of Evolution and made it mandatory that creationism be taught as well.  The Board also decided that a larger emphasis on capitalism had to be made.   These changes are very political and in my opinion really  have no place in a high school.  That being said, as teachers our main goal should be to provide information and let students choose the opinion they see fit.  The problem I have is that creationism is a religious doctrine and the United States Constitution clearly states that church and state be must be separated.  Constitutionality aside, history should be about history, and economics should be about economics, but if I had to guess I'd say that politicians will be politicians and they will never understand the true impact of their decisions.

Here is a New York Times article related to the subject for your reading pleasure.