{"id":801,"date":"2012-12-13T23:11:25","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T23:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/islaminamerica\/?p=801"},"modified":"2012-12-14T21:05:49","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T21:05:49","slug":"texas-textbooks-investigated-for-islamic-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/islaminamerica\/2012\/12\/13\/texas-textbooks-investigated-for-islamic-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Textbooks Investigated for Islamic Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CSCOPE, a Texas curriculum development firm, was accused of &#8220;pro-Islamic bias&#8221; by a chain email &#8212; so, of course, an investigation was launched.<\/p>\n<p>The result? A &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/v3.boardbook.org\/Public\/PublicItemDownload.aspx?ik=33213280\" target=\"_blank\">72-page report<\/a> &#8212; compiled by a former social studies teacher described by CSCOPE&#8217;s director as a &#8220;very socially and fiscally conservative&#8221; woman who &#8220;watches Glenn Beck on a regular basis&#8221; &#8212; found quite the opposite of any Islamic bias: If anything, Irving schools have a Christian bias.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more about the non-controversy here: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/12\/13\/irving-schools-muslim-bias_n_2288601.html\" target=\"_blank\">Irving Schools &#8216;Muslim Bias&#8217; Investigation Instead Finds Christian Bias In Texas District&#8217;s Curriculum<\/a>&#8220;, and here: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/irvingblog.dallasnews.com\/2012\/12\/chain-email-prompts-35-minute-report-to-school-board-on-islam-in-irving-isd-curriculum.html\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chain email prompts 35-minute report to school board on Islam in the classroom<\/a>&#8220;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CSCOPE, a Texas curriculum development firm, was accused of &#8220;pro-Islamic bias&#8221; by a chain email &#8212; so, of course, an investigation was launched. 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