What do you think of the new social studies standards adopted by the Texas school board?

Thake the poll and indicate what you think of this.

A block of Christian Conservatives on the elected Texas Board of Education have won the day, and will rewrite the standards for the state’s public school text books. They will include language extolling the superiority of capitalism, questioning or even eliminating facts about the desire of the Founding Fathers to create separation of church and state, and casting Republican political philosophies in a positive light.

Texas buys so many textbooks that its requirements often are adopted by test book publishers rather than print separate sets of books for Texas and the fact-based universe beyond its borders.