Texas governor Greg Abbot appoints home-schooling Christian to lead public schools

[adamgreer]

Posted: 6/28/15 at 3:45pm

This is not surprising, given that it's Texas, but frightening. It was expected he'd appoint a conservative, climate change/ evolution denying, 'Merica is the best place ever, slavery wasn't so bad, type of person. However, is it really too much to ask that the person overseeing one of the largest public school systems in the nation have, I don't know, SOME experience working in public schools??!

ETA: the link, finally!

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/27/texas-governor-appoints-christian-homeschooler-to-lead-its-board-of-education/

Updated On: 6/28/15 at 03:45 PM

[xxdrewboy85xx]

Posted: 6/28/15 at 4:01pm

[LarryD2]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 8:13am

And of course, this woman has no actual experience working in education aside from being a school board member. Sounds like the perfect person for the job!

[tazber]

Posted: 6/29/15 at 9:23am

When asked what changes she plans for the curriculum, Bahorich asked "what's a curriculum? Can you use it on a sentence?"

 

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 7/1/15 at 12:54am

To paraphrase a phrase that gets used a lot down there, I'm sure:

I love the Texans, but not the Texas.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 7/1/15 at 7:31am

Texas is just so strange. Do Texas businesses have any desire to have educated workers?