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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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A Bible-infused curriculum that Texas approved for public schools over pushback in 2024 will undergo corrections to fix hundreds of errors caught by teachers and education officials after the material was introduced to classrooms.

The curriculum in what is known as the “Bluebonnet” textbook is among Republican-led efforts in the US to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms. Designed by the state’s public education agency, it is optional for schools to adopt, though they receive additional funding if they do so.

Bluebonnet was approved over concerns from religious scholars that the reading lessons favored Christianity over other faith traditions and pushback from advocacy groups that the materials inappropriately prioritized preaching over teaching.

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Lembot_0006 programming.dev Lembot_0006@programming.dev
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Evacuate children! The EU might use some young blood.

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Little8Lost lemmy.world Little8Lost@lemmy.world
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Evacuate children! The EU might use some young blood.

might

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daannii lemmy.world daannii@lemmy.world
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I'm confused by the last paragraph.

Bluebonnet was approved by religious scholars who thought Christianity was being prioritized.

Do they mean "wasn't" being prioritized ?

And then it sounds like non Christians were pushing Bluebonnet.

What ?

Did AI write this ?

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Gandalf kbin.earth olorin99@kbin.earth
Joined: 2023-12-28
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I'm confused by the last paragraph. Bluebonnet was approved by religious scholars who thought Christianity was being prioritized. Do they mean "wasn't" being prioritized ? And then it sounds like non Christians were pushing Bluebonnet. What ? Did AI write this ?

Bluebonnet was approved despite concerns from religious scholars that the reading lessons favored Christianity over other faith traditions and pushback from advocacy groups that the materials inappropriately prioritized preaching over teaching.

It wasn't approved by religious scholars. They were against the new curriculum.

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daannii lemmy.world daannii@lemmy.world
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Bluebonnet was approved despite concerns from religious scholars that the reading lessons favored Christianity over other faith traditions and pushback from advocacy groups that the materials inappropriately prioritized preaching over teaching. It wasn't approved by religious scholars. They were against the new curriculum.

Somehow when I read this (more than once) the word "despite" was not read. Weird.

I could have sworn it wasn't there. Welp.

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Gandalf kbin.earth olorin99@kbin.earth
Joined: 2023-12-28
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Somehow when I read this (more than once) the word "despite" was not read. Weird. I could have sworn it wasn't there. Welp.

The excerpt in the op is slightly different to what is in the article so the article was probably edited to be clearer after you read it.

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Treczoks lemmy.world Treczoks@lemmy.world
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...except being bible-infused.

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daannii lemmy.world daannii@lemmy.world
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The excerpt in the op is slightly different to what is in the article so the article was probably edited to be clearer after you read it.

Okay it was changed.

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