rewriting textbook @texas 原理主義者に乗っ取られている教育委員会

Rewriting History in Texas
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/opinion/16tue3.html

Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/education/13texas.html

Is Texas Rewriting History?
http://www.momlogic.com/2010/03/texas_textbooks_decides_to_rewrite_history.php

They say history is written by the victors. In this case, the victors are a panel of 15 elected officials in the state of Texas who will decide the textbook and curriculum content for schools across the country.
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Julio Noboa, a history professor at the University of Texas at El Paso and a social-studies expert who made recommendations for the board, told the San Antonio Express, "This goes to the fundamental issue. The board is not made up of educators, let alone historians. It really makes them look stupid."



An Open Letter to the Texas Board of Education: Stop Rewriting History
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jeff-schneider/an-open-letter-to-the-tex_b_497695.html


Thomas Jefferson No Longer Worthy of Study
http://www.youngmoney.com/credit_debt/texas-rewriting-history-changing-textbooks/

宗教的原理主義者が教育委員会を独占する、ことを放置しているということは、テキサス州の議会や住民に原理的思考に同調する人々が多い、ということだ。宗教原理主義者は米国の南部だけに特有な現象ではない。米国だけではなく、日本を含む世界に共通の現象である。＜正義＞を宗教に求める思考がそもそも転倒である。宗教を手放さないリベラル派の原理主義批判にも限界があるということである。