July 25, Sanaa Ghanim, SMU Human Rights student, for a piece criticizing the Texas state K-12 curriculum for what she believes is its biased presentation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Published in the Houston Chronicle: http://bit.ly/2GtBYJL
The Texas state curriculum for high school social studies leaves students with the impression that conflict in the Middle East boils down to this: The Palestinians are the bad guys, and the Israelis are the good guys.
The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Social Studies used to require that public school teachers “explain how Arab rejection of the State of Israel has led to ongoing conflict.”
In November, the Texas State Board of Education softened that a bit, changing the requirement to “discuss factors contributing to the Arab-Israeli conflict, including the rejection of the existence of the State of Israel by the Arab League and a majority of Arab nations.”
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