In 2012, the Texas GOP, as part of its official platform, took opposition to higher-order thinking skills (classes like Critical Thinking) because they promoted rebellion against authority and a turning away from God.
In the you-canβt-make-up-this-stuff department, the Republican Party of Texas wrote in its 2012 platform that itopposes the teaching of βhigher order thinking skillsβ because it believes the purpose is to challenge a studentβs βfixed beliefsβ and undβ¦
Really.
Texas GOP rejects βcritical thinkingβ skills. Really.
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