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Bible-infused public school curriculum in Texas to correct thousands of errors (www.theguardian.com)

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A Bible-infused curriculum that Texas approved for public schools over pushback in 2024 will undergo corrections to fix hundreds of errors caught by teachers and education officials after the material was introduced to classrooms.

The curriculum in what is known as the “Bluebonnet” textbook is among Republican-led efforts in the US to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms. Designed by the state’s public education agency, it is optional for schools to adopt, though they receive additional funding if they do so.

Bluebonnet was approved over concerns from religious scholars that the reading lessons favored Christianity over other faith traditions and pushback from advocacy groups that the materials inappropriately prioritized preaching over teaching.

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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm confused by the last paragraph.

Bluebonnet was approved by religious scholars who thought Christianity was being prioritized.

Do they mean "wasn't" being prioritized ?

And then it sounds like non Christians were pushing Bluebonnet.

What ?

Did AI write this ?

[–] olorin99@kbin.earth 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Bluebonnet was approved despite concerns from religious scholars that the reading lessons favored Christianity over other faith traditions and pushback from advocacy groups that the materials inappropriately prioritized preaching over teaching.

It wasn't approved by religious scholars. They were against the new curriculum.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Somehow when I read this (more than once) the word "despite" was not read. Weird.

I could have sworn it wasn't there. Welp.

[–] olorin99@kbin.earth 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The excerpt in the op is slightly different to what is in the article so the article was probably edited to be clearer after you read it.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Okay it was changed.