ROOKE: Inside Classroom Battle That Will Decide If Freedom Survives Next Generation

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Texas recently took a concrete step in a long-running fight over what children learn about the roots of their country.

The Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) approved a required reading list for K-12 English and literature classes that includes Bible verses and stories alongside other classic works. The new curriculum is supposed to help restore necessary cultural and historical context for understanding Western literature, American founding documents, and the moral framework that shaped our nation. This change is set to take place in the 2030-2031 school year.

SBOE member Brandon Hall strongly supported the rule change, calling it a “generational opportunity” to teach the truth about America’s founding, reported CNN.

“We’re going to stop watering down American history. We’re going to teach the truth. Our nation was founded as a Christian nation, and Texas is a Christian state,” said Hall, adding that the Bible has had a “remarkable impact on our culture, our societies and our laws.”

Of course, some are incorrectly claiming that this is an improper mixing of religion and state education, including fellow Board member Evelyn Brooks. She voted against the rule, calling it “unconstitutional,” and argued that “Teachers need to have their autonomy.”

However, in the decades since Christianity and its teaching were banished from the U.S. classroom, far-left ideologies have been taught with a religious vigor, with a resulting outcome that generations of Americans no longer believe in the basic principles of God-granted freedom and human dignity.

“She thought: Americans won’t obey any king on earth. Americans are free. That means they have to obey their own consciences. No king........

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