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Comment The Price (Score 1) 529

by jade42 on Saturday March 15, 2014 @05:10PM (#46494717) Attached to: Religion Is Good For Your Brain

I wouldn't venture that many here are willing to live in delusion in order to trick their brain into de-stressing. The only correlation here is that reducing stresses on your body and brain helps your overall health. Religion may, in some cases, achieve these goals but are certainly not the only way. I'll take my lifestyle choices on my own terms, thank you.

Submission + - Texas Approves Conservative Textbook Curriculum (dallasnews.com) 2

Submitted by suraj.sun on Saturday May 22, 2010 @04:43AM

suraj.sun writes: In a landmark move that will shape the future education of millions of Texas schoolchildren, the State Board of Education on Friday approved new curriculum standards for U.S. history and other social studies courses that reflect a more conservative tone than in the past.

Split along party lines, the board delivered a pair of 9-5 votes to adopt the new standards, which will dictate what is taught in all Texas schools and provide the basis for future textbooks and student achievement tests over the next decade.

Texas standards often wind up being taught in other states because national publishers typically tailor their materials to Texas, one of the biggest textbook purchasers in the country.

Approval came after the GOP-dominated board approved a new curriculum standard that would encourage high school students to question the legal doctrine of church-state separation --a sore point for social conservative groups who disagree with court decisions that have affirmed the doctrine, including the ban on school-sponsored prayer.

Dallas Morning News: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/DN-sboe_22tex.ART0.State.Edition2.140f306f.html

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