Texas Board Approves Bible Lessons In Public Schools

The New York Times reports:

Texas education officials approved in an initial vote on Tuesday a new elementary school curriculum that infuses material drawn from the Bible into reading and language arts lessons, a contentious move that would test the limits of religion’s presence in public education.

The curriculum has already drawn protests in Texas, which has emerged as a leader in the ascendant but highly contested push to expand the role of religion in public schools. The new curriculum could become a model for other states.

With the administration of Trump promising to champion the conservative Christian movement in his second presidential term, the lessons may also offer a playbook for the White House.

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