Four Texas School Board Members Urge Controversial Bible Curriculum

Last summer, the Texas State Board of Education approved only general guidelines for elective courses on the impact of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and New Testament on the History and Literature of Western Civilization. (See prior posting.) So now, according to an AP report yesterday, four individual members of the 15-person Board have sent an e-mail to all school districts encouraging them to adopt one specific approach-- the National Council On Bible Curriculum In Public Schools. That curriculum has been criticized by some as promoting Protestant perspectives, and last March, Ector County, Texas, schools settled a lawsuit with an agreement not to use that curriculum in the future. (See prior posting.)