via Obama interested in ‘Allah-is-God’ curriculum.
CSCOPE, the controversial online curriculum that taught “Allah is God”
and currently is used in 80 percent of Texas school districts, has
caught the attention of the Obama administration’s Department of
Education.
A source in the Texas education system has
told WND that Common Core operatives in the U.S. Department of
Education are actively pursuing CSCOPE as a way around the Texas
legislative process.
Texas is one of the few states still
resisting implementation of Common Core, Obama’s national standards
initiative, which many feel is a transparent attempt to nationalize
education and progressively control classroom content with minimal
parental oversight.
Implementation of Common Core is known to have been made a condition of school systems’ receipt of federal dollars under Obama’s “Race to the Top” program.
CSCOPE recently has come under fire for evidence of what sources claim to be radical content and secrecy. Now new information
of such a radical agenda has surfaced showing CSCOPE connections to
Obama mentor and self-acknowledged terror group member Bill Ayers.
WND has documented a strong link
between Ayers and CSCOPE heavyweight and Common Core advocate Linda
Darling-Hammond. An unrepentant terror group member (and known Obama
supporter, financier, and ghost-writer), William “Bill” Ayers was part
of the notorious Weather Underground which attempted to bomb the
Pentagon in the seventies. After 9/11, Ayers was interviewed by the New
York Times, and was quoted as saying he had “no regrets.”
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WND has documented numerous instances of lessons being deleted after their use in classrooms.
When it was discovered that Islam was
being given preferential status as a part of a study on the world’s
major religions, CSCOPE administrators deleted the lesson plan and
associated PowerPoint in the presence of two sources, leaving no trace
online.
However, through available technology,
documentation of this lesson plan and other such controversial content
has been retained and reviewed by Texas educators and WND.
In CSCOPE World History/Social Studies,
Lesson 2, Unit 3 under the heading, “Classical Rome,” students are told
that Christianity is a “cult,” and given a link to a BBC article saying
the early Christians were “cannibals,” i.e. the Eucharist, which
students are then led to conclude is the reason for Roman persecution.
This lesson has since been removed, but
documentation in WND’s possession confirms that the lesson existed.
Critics contend that this ability to change content on a whim to evade
scrutiny or accountability is a persistent risk with a system like
CSCOPE. An organic curriculum – if regulated – might be advantageous,
but without transparency, these types of occurrences will likely be more
frequent, critics say.
Speaking with WND, Texas Sen. Dan Patrick,
new chairman of the education committee, communicated his intent to
hold high-profile hearings and investigate CSCOPE.
Sen. Patrick noted, “Any system where the
chairman of the state board can’t get a password to explore their site
in detail for six months, requires teachers to sign an agreement that
could subject them to criminal penalties, and is not easily transparent
to parents, needs to be closely examined by the legislature.”
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