The New Republic

Texas Republicans Set to Force Kids to Study Bible in Schools (opens in new tab)

Texas is poised to make the Bible required reading for five million public school students.The Texas State Board of Education is expected to vote Friday to approve legislation to scrap teaching about “World Cultures” and make Bible stories and verses a permanent part of the K-12 curriculum—a blatant violation of the separation between church and state.Critics of the measure argue that the changes risk alienating children from other religious or non-religious backgrounds and infringe on the ab...

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