Texas’ education board is a step closer to approving an optional elementary school curriculum that contains biblical stories in reading materials.
On Tuesday, eight of the 15 board members gave their preliminary approval to Bluebonnet Learning, a curriculum developed by the state’s public education agency. A final vote is expected on Friday.
The curriculum, designed for kindergarten through fifth grade, follows a cross-disciplinary approach that uses reading and language arts lessons to reinforce concepts in other subjects like history. However, it has been under intense scrutiny since the initial draft was released in May due to its inclusion of Christian themes….