Some DU'ers are exceptionally good at this requested task.;) Most of our State Board of Education absolutely deserves every bit of derision that the experts here can throw at it.
Social conservatives on a so-called "expert" panel are calling on the Texas State Board of Education to remove César Chavez and other progressive historical figures from new social studies curriculum standards. They argue that Chavez is an inappropriate role model for students. The same panel members -- appointed by far-right state board members -- are also arguing that the new standards should emphasize that America's Founders intended to create a distinctly Christian nation based on biblical principles.
http://tfnblog.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/blacklisting-cesar-chavez/It didn’t take long for the absurdly unqualified ideologues appointed to a social studies curriculum panel by the Texas State Board of Education to start playing politics with our kids’ education. Two far-right members of the so-called “expert” panel guiding the curriculum revision are demanding that César Chavez — the renowned community and labor organizer and civil rights leader — be stricken from the standards because they say he’s not the right kind of role model for students.
More at link above . . .