Current curriculum requires study of “all the heroic defenders.” That language makes the list of figures — which include legendary frontiersmen Davy Crockett and James Bowie — too long to cover, the working groups said. (Texas Board of Education)The nonbinding recommendation, made as far back as April, went little noticed until Texas Monthly reported about the proposal Thursday, prompting a public rebuke to the working groups from Texas Gov. Of course Texas schoolchildren should be taught that Alamo defenders were ‘Heroic’! The recommendation has also been opposed by Texas Board of Education Chairwoman Donna Bahorich, a Republican appointee of Abbott. “In some minds, [the defenders] were not heroic but vainglorious, foolish, and counterproductive,” he told The Post on Saturday.

Source: Washington Post September 08, 2018 20:48 UTC