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    New state curriculum's biblical content could expose districts to legal challenges; Denton ISD waits to weigh in

    By Lucinda Breeding-Gonzales Staff Writer,

    2024-06-21
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    Late in May, the Texas Education Agency released a new elementary school curriculum that supporters say is designed to improve academic performance.

    Within 24 hours, critics said the curriculum was infused with biblical content and reflects the Texas Republican Party’s push to use the classroom as a pulpit for evangelical Christian theology. And while Christian churches still dot the Denton County landscape, public school hallways and classrooms look like the rest of the country: a place of religious pluralism and ethnic diversity.

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