Textbook publishers should think twice before exporting curriculum to other states
“Texas board waters down social-studies curriculum” [News, May 22] said: “The standards also will be used by textbook publishers nationwide who often develop materials for other states based on guidelines approved in Texas.”
How does Texas get to define how children in Washington state learn U.S. history? When did we (or residents in other states) delegate that to a bunch of delusional ideologues from Texas? I hope our educators have more discretion and wisdom than to accede to Texas’ version of junk history.
— David Howe, Sammamish
No such thing as a true democracy
I found the headline of “Texas board waters down social-studies curriculum” [News, May 22] fascinating.
If “watering down” meant correcting a myth, then I could see the point.
But I assure you, my Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Washington as my witness, the United States is a “constitutional republic.”
There really is no such thing as a true democracy in the modern world. I hate to burst bubbles with the truth, but that is indeed what it is.
— Shane Savery, Seattle