Forget that barely 50 percent of Texas public school students make it to graduation. Forget that those who managed to graduate ranked 34th out of 50 states on standardized test scores. Forget that the state is broke and that education spending is being cut by 10 percent.
No, the biggest problem — according to members of the Texas State Board of Education – is that we are turning out  “pro-Islamic/anti-Christian” students.  Who knew? Randy Rives, an Odessa school board member, that’s who:
In interviews, Mr. Rives has likened his concerns about Islam to those he and other Americans once had about communists infiltrating American society.
Yep, we’re now in full Joe McCarthy mode, with no apologies. (And, by the way, the textbook he quotes was last used in Texas in 2003.)
