In the you-can't-make-up-this-stuff department, the Republican Party of Texas wrote in its 2012 platform that itopposes the teaching of "higher order thinking skills" because it believes the ...
Texas GOP Declares: "No More Teaching of 'Critical Thinking Skills' in
It is public record in the Republican Party of Texas 2012 platform. With regard to critical thinking, the Republican Party of Texas document states: "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 ...
Says Texas GOP platform calls for end to teaching "critical thinking
A July 9 Washington Post blog entry was headlined "Texas GOP rejects 'critical thinking' skills. Really." ... July 6, 2012 Republican Party of Texas 2010 platform Fort Worth Star-Telegram news ...
Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platform
Published 11:58 AM PDT, June 21, 2022. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools. In 2014, it declared homosexuality a chosen behavior contrary to God and endorsed "reparative therapy" to reverse it. By 2020, the party was ready to remind the world that ...
Half True: What Politifact Got Wrong About the GOP and Critical Thinking
On Aug. 11, in a piece called "Says Texas GOP platform calls for end to teaching 'critical thinking' in public schools", Politifact cast its beady eye over a New York Times column by Gail Collins ...
Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platform
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools. In 2014, it declared homosexuality a chosen behavior contrary to God and endorsed "reparative therapy" to reverse it. By 2020, the party was ready to remind the world that "Texas retains the right to secede from ...
Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platform
WASHINGTON - Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools. In 2014, it declared homosexuality a chosen behavior contrary to God and ...
Texas GOP: No More Critical Thinking in Schools
The 2012 Texas Republican Party Platform, adopted June 9 at the state convention in Forth Worth, seems to take a stand against, well, the teaching of critical thinking skills. Read it for yourself:
Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platform
Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools.
The Texas GOP's war on critical thinking
Meaning a plank from the 2012 platform of the Republican Party of Texas which, astonishingly enough, reads as follows: "We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values ...
Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platform
Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platform - The San Diego Union-Tribune
Several Texas Republicans against 'critical race theory' advance in
The fact that critical race theory is not taught before college in Texas has not stopped political candidates from their efforts to ban it or use their opposition as a campaign platform. In Districts 2, 7, 11, 13 and 15, Republican candidates made critical race theory a central part of their campaigns, getting good results.
Texas' ban on critical race theory in schools proves the GOP still
June 17, 2021, 2:30 AM PDT. By Kevin M. Kruse, MSNBC Columnist. Texas this week became the latest state to ban the teaching of critical race theory. The author of the bill, Republican state Rep ...
Here's What You Need To Know About A Texas Bill That Aims To Ban
A school bus on a residential street. In Texas and across the country, critical race theory (CRT) has become a political lightning rod.Many Republican-led states are working to ban the school of ...
Texas GOP officially comes out against critical thinking
Who needs book larnin': The Texas GOP's platform is explicitly opposed to critical thinking skills in education. It's not a shock that the Republican Party of Texas' official platform ...
The Texas Republican Party platform is official. What it says.
The Texas Republican Party rejected the results of the 2020 election, labeled being gay as "abnormal" and vowed to protect access to guns in its platform and corresponding resolutions. The ...
Texas GOP vs. Critical Thinking
The 2012 platform of the Texas Republican Party contains a number of provisions raising eyebrows among Texas academics. For instance, the platform says, "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 ...
Texas GOP's 2012 Platform Opposes Teaching Of 'Critical Thinking Skills
The Republican Party of Texas' recently adopted 2012 platform contains a plank that opposes the teaching of "critical thinking skills" in schools. The party says it was a mistake, but is now ...
2022 Texas GOP Platform Released
Austin, TX, Release: July 6, 2022 — For Immediate Release. The Republican Party of Texas released its 2022 platform today. The final platform is the culmination of work by grassroots delegates who are the lifeblood of the Texas Republican Party. The 2022 platform adopted all planks presented in the Committee Report at the statewide convention ...
Several Texas Republicans against "critical race theory" advance in
In District 2, which covers part of the Gulf Coast, Republican LJ Francis won the open seat and based his campaign on banning critical race theory from schools, claiming that "woke liberals ...
GOP Opposes Critical Thinking
It's official: The Republican Party of Texas opposes critical thinking. That's right, drones, and it's part of their official platform. One of our eagle-eyed readers emailed us to point out this ...
PDF Platform and Resolutions as Amended and Adopted by the 2022 State
Preservation of our Constitutional Republic: We support our constitutional republican form of government as set forth in the Texas Bill of Rights. We further resolve that all amendments to the Texas Constitution require a majority of the voters in at least 191 counties (three-fourths), instead of a simple majority of the votes. 15.
A near-total ban on abortion has supercharged the political dynamics of
Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump are expected to fight hard to win Arizona after Biden carried the state four years ago by less than 11,000 votes.
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In the you-can't-make-up-this-stuff department, the Republican Party of Texas wrote in its 2012 platform that itopposes the teaching of "higher order thinking skills" because it believes the ...
It is public record in the Republican Party of Texas 2012 platform. With regard to critical thinking, the Republican Party of Texas document states: "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 ...
A July 9 Washington Post blog entry was headlined "Texas GOP rejects 'critical thinking' skills. Really." ... July 6, 2012 Republican Party of Texas 2010 platform Fort Worth Star-Telegram news ...
Published 11:58 AM PDT, June 21, 2022. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools. In 2014, it declared homosexuality a chosen behavior contrary to God and endorsed "reparative therapy" to reverse it. By 2020, the party was ready to remind the world that ...
On Aug. 11, in a piece called "Says Texas GOP platform calls for end to teaching 'critical thinking' in public schools", Politifact cast its beady eye over a New York Times column by Gail Collins ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools. In 2014, it declared homosexuality a chosen behavior contrary to God and endorsed "reparative therapy" to reverse it. By 2020, the party was ready to remind the world that "Texas retains the right to secede from ...
WASHINGTON - Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools. In 2014, it declared homosexuality a chosen behavior contrary to God and ...
The 2012 Texas Republican Party Platform, adopted June 9 at the state convention in Forth Worth, seems to take a stand against, well, the teaching of critical thinking skills. Read it for yourself:
Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools.
Meaning a plank from the 2012 platform of the Republican Party of Texas which, astonishingly enough, reads as follows: "We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values ...
Ten years ago, the Texas Republican Party used its platform to oppose teaching critical thinking in schools Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platform - The San Diego Union-Tribune
The fact that critical race theory is not taught before college in Texas has not stopped political candidates from their efforts to ban it or use their opposition as a campaign platform. In Districts 2, 7, 11, 13 and 15, Republican candidates made critical race theory a central part of their campaigns, getting good results.
June 17, 2021, 2:30 AM PDT. By Kevin M. Kruse, MSNBC Columnist. Texas this week became the latest state to ban the teaching of critical race theory. The author of the bill, Republican state Rep ...
A school bus on a residential street. In Texas and across the country, critical race theory (CRT) has become a political lightning rod.Many Republican-led states are working to ban the school of ...
Who needs book larnin': The Texas GOP's platform is explicitly opposed to critical thinking skills in education. It's not a shock that the Republican Party of Texas' official platform ...
The Texas Republican Party rejected the results of the 2020 election, labeled being gay as "abnormal" and vowed to protect access to guns in its platform and corresponding resolutions. The ...
The 2012 platform of the Texas Republican Party contains a number of provisions raising eyebrows among Texas academics. For instance, the platform says, "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 ...
The Republican Party of Texas' recently adopted 2012 platform contains a plank that opposes the teaching of "critical thinking skills" in schools. The party says it was a mistake, but is now ...
Austin, TX, Release: July 6, 2022 — For Immediate Release. The Republican Party of Texas released its 2022 platform today. The final platform is the culmination of work by grassroots delegates who are the lifeblood of the Texas Republican Party. The 2022 platform adopted all planks presented in the Committee Report at the statewide convention ...
In District 2, which covers part of the Gulf Coast, Republican LJ Francis won the open seat and based his campaign on banning critical race theory from schools, claiming that "woke liberals ...
It's official: The Republican Party of Texas opposes critical thinking. That's right, drones, and it's part of their official platform. One of our eagle-eyed readers emailed us to point out this ...
Preservation of our Constitutional Republic: We support our constitutional republican form of government as set forth in the Texas Bill of Rights. We further resolve that all amendments to the Texas Constitution require a majority of the voters in at least 191 counties (three-fourths), instead of a simple majority of the votes. 15.
Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump are expected to fight hard to win Arizona after Biden carried the state four years ago by less than 11,000 votes.