Texas education officials approve optional school curriculum that incorporates Bible lessons. Some say it’s unconstitutional
Public schools in Texas now have the option to use a new, state-written curriculum infused with Bible stories after the state ...
The New York Times3d
Bible-Based Lessons for Public Schools Get Final Approval in Texas
The curriculum incorporates into English lessons stories from the Bible such as Jesus and his Sermon on the Mount, the parable of the Prodigal Son and the Old Testament tale of Esther. It has ...
Los Angeles Times2d
Texas education board approves Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ education board voted Friday to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools, joining other Republican-led states that pushed this year to give religion a larger ...
Austin American-Statesman2d
Texas State Board of Education OKs hotly debated state-created lessons with Bible stories
Republican members who voted against the materials noted they did so out of concern for the lessons' quality, rather than the use of the Bible stories. In a statement released this week ...
CNN6d
Texas officials signal support for adding Bible lessons for K-5 classes as some states push Christianity in public schools
Officials in Texas have backed a controversial new public school curriculum that would incorporate Christian lessons from the Bible as early ... a professor of religious studies at Southern ...
CNN3d
Texas education officials approve optional school curriculum that incorporates Bible lessons. Some say its unconstitutional
Under the curriculum, a kindergarten lesson about the “Golden Rule” would prompt instructors to teach students about Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, from the Bible’s New Testament; the teacher ...
The Hill2d
Texas approves optional Bible-based lessons for public schools
Louisiana is looking to add posters of the Ten Commandments into all public school classrooms, while Oklahoma is adding copies of the Bible to classrooms and mandating the book be used in lessons. Bo ...
The Hill5d
Texas education officials vote to back optional Bible lessons for K-5 classes: Reports
In a preliminary vote on Tuesday, Texas education officials approved a proposal to allow lessons about the Bible into public school classrooms, according to multiple news reports. The state Board ...
CBS News5d
Proposal to allow Bible teachings in Texas public grade schools draws intense fire, praise
Austin, Texas — Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal that drew hours of testimony ...
Houston Public Media2d
Texas is taking a final vote on allowing Bible-infused lessons in public schools
Texas would allow Bible-infused lessons in elementary schools under changes that were set for a final vote Friday and could test boundaries between religion and public education in the U.S. The ...
Dallas Morning News2d
Read excerpts of what Texas lessons may include about the Bible, Christianity
Texas education leaders are on the verge of giving their seal of approval to a controversial set of lesson plans that bring Bible stories ... a religious studies professor at Southern Methodist ...
The New York Times6d
Texas Education Board Backs Curriculum With Lessons Drawn From Bible
By Troy Closson Texas education officials backed on Tuesday a new elementary school curriculum that infuses material drawn from the Bible into reading and language arts lessons, a contentious move ...