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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (199470)	8/31/2012 10:50:06 AM
From: Ron	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542182

Where did you see that about the Dept of Education? Got a link?

To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (199470)	8/31/2012 11:02:41 AM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542182

And speaking of ignorant bodies promulgating rules to spread dissonance, here is a well cited plank from the 2012 Texas GOP Platform Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority. s3.amazonaws.com There are so many examples of ignorance being championed as a desirable characteristic in GOP oriented communities, but to me, Texas is really without peer.....