Democrat Bill White is making the Texas Board of Education -- which voted last week to drop Thomas Jefferson from the world history curriculum, placed Jefferson Davis' inaugural address alongside Abraham Lincoln's speeches and required that students be taught "the unintended consequences" of civil rights legislation -- an issue in the governor's race. Slater reports. After the jump, the letter:
Dear Governor Perry,
Last week the Texas State Board of Education, led by your appointee for chair, Gail Lowe, voted to remove Thomas Jefferson from social studies standards.
Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and a world-renowned scholar who advocated democratic, limited government. Why was he deleted from a list of historical figures who inspired political change?
Lowe also led the SBOE to pass more than 100 other amendments to Texas' social studies standards, without a single classroom teacher or historian in the discussions.
Our kids' education is not a political game to be influenced by ideologues and partisan politics. Please urge the SBOE to reconsider these changes to Texas' curriculum standards instead of pursuing partisan agendas in public office.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
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