In Texas, children may grow up not knowing who Hillary Clinton or Helen Keller are, but they will remember the Alamo.
The State of Texas has voted to remove Hillary Clinton, former U.S. senator, Secretary of State and the first woman to be nominated by a major political party for president, from its history books.
You just can’t make this stuff up.
As part of an effort to “streamline” the social studies curriculum in public schools, the Texas Board of Education voted Friday to adjust what students in every grade are required to learn in the classroom.
Among the changes, board members approved the removal of several historical figures, including Hillary Clinton and Helen Keller, from the curriculum, the Dallas Morning News reports.
Eliminating Clinton from the requirements will save teachers 30 minutes of instructional time, the board believes, and eliminating Keller will save 40 minutes.
The board also voted:
- To keep in the curriculum a reference to the ‘heroism’ of the defenders of the Alamo, which had been recommended for elimination
- Moses’ influence on the writing of the nation’s founding documents
- Multiple references to ‘Judeo-Christian’ values
- And a requirement that students explain how the ‘Arab rejection of the State of Israel has led to ongoing conflict’ in the Middle East.
In Texas, religion stays in the history books, while historical fact goes.
Barry Goldwater was also removed from this teaching requirement. Pastor Billy Graham remains.