As I was browsing through “The Scoop” section on the Texas Insider I came across a post by Bill Ames on a new voice of legislation being proposed. HB 3403 proposed by representative Jeff Leach looks to balance out an unbalanced curriculum. The current curriculum portrays an unfavorable almost anti-american view of our country in our early stages as a nation. As a high school graduate of the Texas public education system, I share this claim. Bill Ames argues that it is unacceptable for voters, and more importantly parents, to allow our futures to be indoctrinated by a liberally pessimistic view of our state and country in an overwhelmingly conservative state. As a colleague to the Texas State board of educator’s AD HOC committee project, Bill offers quite a bit of insight to our state education. Bill has also spent time working towards a better social studies curriculum and improved project-based learning implementation. Furthermore Bill occupied a key role in modifying the AP History exam to comply with TEKS standards. Reading further into Bill’s post I learned about the six key elements proposed by HB 3403.
I believe the proposed bill promotes a more positive and equally balanced view of our state and our country’s history. This is important so that future generations can decide for themselves if both views are equally correct. Parents, voters, and fellow students: our countries foundation of freedom and equality should extend right down to our education system. Jeff Leach and Bill Ames are on to something important, improving our futures.
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