Errors in Texas-developed learning materials will cost millions
www.texastribune.org
Thousands of corrections — from typos to copyright concerns — are needed in state-produced reading and math materials used by hundreds of public schools.

The $8.4 million tab, first reported by FOX4 Dallas-Fort Worth, comes at a time when state leaders criticize school districts for a funding crisis they view as caused, in part, by poor planning and reckless spending.

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Bluebonnet, an elementary and secondary school reading and math program that state leaders often tout as high-quality, comes with a $60 per-student incentive for districts that use it. As of last year, nearly 600 districts planned to use some of the materials.

The K-5 reading portion faces criticism for its use of Bible stories, while others express concerns about the lessons downplaying racism and slavery.

  • EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world
    7·
    15 hours ago

    They’ve asked schools to whitewash Texas history and indoctrinate children with the Christian religion to gain additional funding? I look forward to the lawsuit.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      4 hours ago

      It’ll go to the Fifth Circuit and the judge will insist the government is neglegent because the material isn’t Christian enough.

      But because all of this is just money laundering and embezzlement by another name, you hear “Should we teach Jesus in school?” when the real debate should be “Should we let the AG’s mistress, cousin, and mega-donor former roommate collect a paycheck while churning out AI slop for children’s textbooks?”

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 hours ago

        Why not both? Sure, they are going to make money, but many of them want to do that while pushing the Seven Mountain Mandate insanity onto an underage captive audience.

        They want xtian nationalist madrasas.

        I’m quite sure there is an element of grifting in there somewhere, but I would not underestimate the zealotry we are dealing with here.

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          1·
          4 hours ago

          They want xtian nationalist madrasas.

          There’s a vocal minority of Christian nationalists who want that. And then there’s a cadre of demagogues who will serve it up, dribble by dribble, if it means skimming tens of millions off the top.

          If Bluebonnet was a serious organization, they wouldn’t be fumbling the rollout and ultimately delaying how quickly they could get their propaganda into schoolkids’s hands. But what we’re seeing in practice is naked graft, stamped with a cross and draped in the American flag.