Texas Schools to
Teach ‘Arab Rejection’ of Israel Prolonging Conflict
By JNS September 21, 2018 , 10:50 am
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The state of Texas
will require schools to teach that “Arab rejection of the State of Israel has
led to ongoing conflict” in the Mideast.
The Texas
Board of Education voted during a curriculum review last week to keep the
controversial sentence in high school textbooks, used by approximately 5.4
million public-school children. The board is comprised of five Democratic
members and 10 Republican members, implying that the decision was likely
demonstrative of a shift towards a more right-wing educational program.
After a period of public input, this decision, among
other ones by the board, will be subject to a final vote in November, according
to The Independent.
“Last week was a perfect demonstration of why it’s a
really bad idea for politicians to write curriculum standards that guide what
public schools teach,” Dan Quinn, communications director of Texas Freedom
Network, a religious liberty advocacy group, told The Guardian.
“Because then you end up with history that’s decided by a majority vote instead
of by facts and historical accuracy.”
However, Charles Jacobs, the president of Americans for
Peace and Tolerance, which supported a lawsuit in Newton, Mass., last
month over the town’s public schools using anti-Israel materials, told JNS that
both the Israeli and Palestinian narrative should be taught, with the
perspective that Texas is looking to institute as the truth.
“They should teach the truth and the truth is Arab
rejection,” said Jacobs. “At the same time, they should explain to students
what the Arab narrative is and how it’s wrong.”
The same board also voted to eliminate historical
references to Helen Keller, Barry Goldwater and Hilary
Clinton.
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