RED HOT CONSERVATIVE

Dallas Morning News covered Irving ISD board meeting Monday in regard to my findings that Cscope promotes a positive view of Islam and a negative view
of Chrisitianity. Though Texas Education Service Center X’s director Jan Moseby hired what she calls a  “Glenn Beck Fan” to review Cscope her findings  are inaccurate. Expecting someone with a financial interest in promoting a progressive curriculum is like expecting progressive Michael Moore to promote the US Constitution.

The following statements are submitted by science author Janice VanCleave. 

 I wonder why so many superintendents and school board members so adamantly defend CSCOPE. I’ve never known administrators to be so supportive of text books.

But a BIGGER QUESTION is: “Why are superintendents purchasing CSCOPE?”

Most administrators say they needed the scope and sequence.

1. They can find the scope, which are the TEKS on the TEA website. The TEKS vertical alignment for every subject is also on the TEA website.

2. CSCOPE has specificities, which are explanations for the TEKS, but….

• CSCOPE has not been approved by the SBOE.
• Cscope has not been evaluated by any outside source. No documentation can be provided to prove the claims made about CSCOPE.
  
• CSCOPE specificities are written by unknown authors.
  
  • Unlike text books, which are approved by the SBOE, CSCOPE specificities  may or may not describe the   TEKS correctly. 
  • In other words, the SBOE approves text books that provide information that interpret and embellish the TEKS to meet the intent of the standards.

Since the SBOE has not reviewed any of the CSCOPE specificities, IFOs, or lessons nor has CSCOPE materials been evaluated in anyway,  nothing verifies –no documentation can be provided to prove that CSCOPE has:

• correct content alignment to the TEKS
•  correct interpretations of the TEKS, or
  
• whether the YAG is effective.
  

What is the incentive for purchasing CSCOPE? Why are superintendents taking a chance on having their school districts forced to verify its instruction material conforms to state requirements.

TASA (State Association of School Administrators) launched its Vission Learning objectives in 2006, the same year that schools started purchasing CSCOPE. Any connection? Superintendents are the ones who buy CSCOPE.

TASA’s  Vision Learning Mission to reform Texas education is in opposition to the TEA mission for Texas education.

CSCOPE has lists of the TEKS, which is suppose to confirm that CSCOPE is aligned with the state standards. BUT,are the CSCOPE specificities in line with the SBOE standards? What about the following, do you think the CSCOPE specificity would be approved by the SBOE?

WH.1 History. The student understands traditional historical points of reference in world history. The student is expected to:

WH.1B Identify major causes and describe the major effects of the following events from 500 BC to AD 600: the development of the classical
civilizations of Greece, Rome, Persia, India (Maurya and Gupta), China (Zhou, Qin, and Han), and the development of major world religions.

 Christianity

• Jesus – rejected by the Jews as messiah, crucified

• Spread of Christianity throughout the Roman empire

• Peter, Paul, Pax Romana make the spread of Christianity possible

• 312 AD, Edict of Milan declares Christianity to be an approved religion by the emperor. A Church hierarchy is established and Rome is made

the official center of the Christian Church.

• Through the Middle Ages, the Church becomes the centralizing force of the Western culture.

Islam – historical origins, central ideas, and the spread of the religion

• Muhammad – born in or about 570 and is considered the founder of Islam

• Muslims – those who worship Allah and recognize Muhammad as the last Prophet

• Mecca – the Holy City of the Islamic faith

• Allah – monotheistic deity; also recognized as the God of Abraham (Yahweh)

• Hajj – pilgrimage to Mecca that each Muslim is required (health permitting) to take within their lifetime

• Koran (Qur’an) – book or writings of the prophet Muhammad

• Jihad (Holy Struggle) – the expansion of the Islamic state and control

• Trade and spread of religion – Silk roads, European exploration

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