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Texas Board Of Ed Bans Children's Book Over Marxism Mix-Up

First Posted: 03/28/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 04:20 PM ET

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

In its haste to sort out the state's social studies curriculum standards this month, the State Board of Education tossed children's author Martin, who died in 2004, from a proposal for the third-grade section. Board member Pat Hardy, R-Weatherford, who made the motion, cited books he had written for adults that contain "very strong critiques of capitalism and the American system."

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In its haste to sort out the state's social studies curriculum standards this month, the State Board of Education tossed children's author Martin, who died in 2004, from a proposal for the third-grade...
In its haste to sort out the state's social studies curriculum standards this month, the State Board of Education tossed children's author Martin, who died in 2004, from a proposal for the third-grade...
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KellyKay
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11:20 AM on 01/28/2010
I think this article should be required reading for all kids in middle school. Of course that will give them excuse that they did as much research as the Texas Board of Education. " But Josh sent me a text that said Emily saw that we won the Alamo on Ebay. I trust Josh's research."
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05:22 AM on 01/27/2010
This bears more looking into.
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thrdr
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05:07 AM on 01/27/2010
Elementary schoolkids of Texas unite! You have nothing but your homework to lose!
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05:36 PM on 01/26/2010
So much for the south and their obsession with the right to "bear" arms.
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BlackJAC
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01:18 PM on 01/26/2010
It would probably be faster if they simply listed what books aren't banned in Texas. That would be the Bible, whatever right-wing complaintfest book Fox Opinion is hawking this week, and that's it.
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10:55 AM on 01/26/2010
I think an arrest of all the brown Marxists bears in Texas zoos is in order. We can't let any of this stuff around our kids.
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