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TX Board of Education to Rewrite English Standards?According to a July 5 report in The Houston Chronicle, the Texas State Board of Education will convene today to discuss the revision of the state's English reading and writing standards. Many on the board want to replace a student-centered curriculum that calls on students to use their own attitudes and ethics to interpret texts with teacher-centered instruction that emphasizes the basics of spelling, grammar, and punctuation. With social conservatives expected to have a majority on the board for the first time after the November elections, the plan is viewed by some as the opening shot in an effort to put a conservative imprint on the state's curriculum. Although some concern exists over the English standards in question, some fear the bigger battle will arise in 2008 when the state's science standards are up for review. The board defeated efforts to weaken the discussion of evolution in biology textbooks in 2003, but if the science curriculum is rewritten to include religious-based ideas such as intelligent design, the books will follow suit, said Dan Quinn, spokesman for the Texas Freedom Network, a group that monitors the state board for influence by the religious right.
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