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Tell the Texas State Board of Education To Not Rewrite History!
  1. Signatures
    178 out of 1,000
    Petitioning
    1. Texas State Board of Education (Texas State Board of Education Board)
  2. Created By
    Dina Yazdani
    Portland, OR
About this Petition Petition Letter

*There is also a petition sponsored by Credo Action that aims to stop Texas to rewriting history. However, this petition will go directly to the Texas State Board of Education whereas Credo's goes to Pearson Education and various publishing companies. We strongly advise that petitioners sign both petitions for the ultimate impact.  

Sign a petition to tell the Texas State Board of Education to not pass a vote that will inject conservative ideals into new social studies, economic and history curriculum that will be used as a template for textbook publishers across the country. 

The Texas State Board of Education voted 10-5  on March 12th the approval of a new curriculum with the vote falling on racial lines; all whites voting for, and all minorities voting against. However, they are making a final vote in May after hearing public testimonies. Be part of that public voice, and sign this petition telling the TSBOE that we do not want high schools to text out of textbooks that will not: 

 

Eliminate the reference of Separation of Church and State 

Replace Evolution with Creationism 

Downplay JFK's role in history while boosting Reagan's.

Not include that Non-Whites died on the American side of the Alamo

Minimize Native American, African American and Hispanic history in the US

Eliminate Thomas Jefferson and replace him with religious icon John Calvin

~ Started by Lincoln High School's Youth Consciousness Political Advocacy Club

Recent Signatures

Please Don't Rewrite History!

Dear Texas State Board of Education,

I'm signing this petition in opposition to the new curriculum proposed by your board of education that will be a standard for the rest of the country. It neglects to offer students a fair and balanced education that includes history from all minorities that creates the US today, especially Hispanic, Black and Native American history. It also fails to portray the US as a secular state in which it is as established by the constitution under the first amendment.

Failing to mention the deaths of Mexicans at the Alamo and downplaying liberal and minority rights groups is as biased as the failure to teach about tiananmen Square in China.

We do not want the next generation of Americans to be ignorant, believing that the US is still a White European Nation, when in reality it is an increasingly diverse one. This curriculum is top limited in its scope, and must not pass.

Please vote NO for rewriting history.

[Your name]

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