The proposed curriculum overhaul was released a week after the Texas GOP proposed requiring the Bible to be taught in public schools. School districts that opt to use them will get more funding.
Elementary school curriculum proposed this week would infuse new state reading and language arts lessons with teachings on the Bible, marking the latest push by Texas Republicans to put more Christianity in public schools.
The Texas Education Agency released the thousands of pages of educational materials this week. They have been made available for public viewing and feedback and, if approved by the State Board of Education in November, will be available for public schools to roll out in August of 2025. Districts will have the option of whether to use the materials, but will be incentivized to do so with up to $60 per student in additional funding.
Weirdly Catholic schools in America are often the least conservative and pushy on doctrine. I went to a Catholic school in NC and had the same experience essentially. Never got any brimstone and the priest had a few academic lectures on parts of the Bible.
From my understanding, most Catholic schools are very good about core curriculums. They just fail abysmally at sex education.
The one I went to wasn’t HS but they did great at adolescent development, including sexual development. They also never spoke about contraception, masturbation or abortion in sermons, lectures or classes.
They prefer mandatory practical training in that regard …
Same, MA in the 80s and 90s; very solid science and social studies/civics too. There was a bit of bias perhaps in the lessons about Israel, but mostly about how Gaza and the West Bank were “contested” and how the Dome of the Rock was built on the former Temple of the Mount site. All of that was in the “Religion” class though, and was pretty middle of the road on taking sides, although from what I remember it really didn’t cover the Nakba or anything (but maybe I wasn’t paying attention for that part, it was middle school Religion class lol)