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As Texas goes, so goes public school textbooks in the USA. The debate is about \u201cbalance\u201d and about \u201cfair description\u201d of history and about conservatives wanting their point of view in the textbooks, and a Dr. Don McLeroy is a leader in the conservative faction. The issue gets down to specifics. Here\u2019s a clip from the NY Times<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Dr. McLeroy still has 10 months to serve and he, along with rest of the religious conservatives on the board, have vowed to put their mark on the guidelines for social studies texts.<\/p>\n

For instance, one guideline requires publishers to include a section on \u201cthe conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, including Phyllis Schlafly, the Contract with America, the\u00a0Heritage Foundation<\/a>, the Moral Majority and the\u00a0National Rifle Association<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

There have also been efforts among conservatives on the board to tweak the history of the civil rights movement. One amendment states that the movement created \u201cunrealistic expectations of equal outcomes\u201d among minorities. Another proposed change removes any reference to race, sex or religion in talking about how different groups have contributed to the national identity.<\/p>\n

The amendments are also intended to emphasize the unalloyed superiority of the \u201cfree-enterprise system\u201d over others and the desirability of limited government.<\/p>\n

One says publishers should \u201cdescribe the effects of increasing government regulation and taxation on economic development and business planning.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout the standards, the conservatives have pushed to drop references to American \u201cimperialism,\u201d preferring to call it expansionism. \u201cCountry and western music\u201d has been added to the list of cultural movements to be studied.<\/p>\n

References to\u00a0Ralph Nader<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Ross Perot<\/a>\u00a0are proposed to be removed, while Stonewall Jackson, the Confederate general, is to be listed as a role model for effective leadership, and the ideas in Jefferson Davis\u2019s inaugural address are to be laid side by side with\u00a0Abraham Lincoln<\/a>\u2018s speeches.<\/p>\n

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