Terri Leo
Terri Leo takes over where Mel Gabler left off

Lone Star Times

Matt Bramanti

Anyone who cares about the state of contemporary public education should cheer the efforts of Terri Leo, who represents the western half of Harris County on the State Board of Education.

Mrs. Leo has been a forceful advocate for (gasp) factual accuracy and impartial truth in Texas textbooks. In doing so, she's developed a long list of absurd items that appear in our classrooms, courtesy of your property tax dollars. Here's a smattering.

From the Gaea-Worshipping Godless Communist Department (Environmental Science, by G. Tyler Miller, Jr.):

"Growing number of people are pledging their allegiance to the planet that keeps them alive. They see themselves as citizens of One Earth, who represent every culture, every race, every species, and every living creature in this and future generations." - Page 24

“Many people now see themselves as members of a global community with ultimate loyalty to the planet, not merely a particular country.” - Page 35

“Ways to Reduce Poverty…redistributing some of the land owned by the wealthy or by governments to the poor…shifting more of the national budget to aid the rural and urban poor…give the urban poor title to common lands.” - Page 175
From the Reagan Was Evil, Facts Be Damned Department (The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century, by McDougal Littell):

“Reaganomics helped the rich but hurt the poor.” – Page 835
From the Moral Relativism Department (Economics: Today and Tomorrow by Glencoe):

“No right or wrong answer exists when values are at stake.” – Page 415

From the Juvenile Suicide Promotion Department (The Language of Literature: American Literature by McDougal Littell):

“…from death comes new life…dying can have much more positive consequences.” – Page 402

Death is “the ‘dancing partner’ that the imagination seeks…” – Page 464
Go get 'em, Terri!

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