Houston 学区 Bluebonnet 教材一年级作业惹家长不满：维恩图并列山姆·休斯顿与马丁·路德·金
位于德克萨斯州哈里斯县的 Houston 独立学区（HISD）一份一年级社会科作业近日引发家长不满，相关报道10月21日由 Courier Texas 发布。家长 Zachary Nunn 在女儿书包里发现一份 Parker Elementary School 的作业，要求学生用维恩图比较德州历史人物山姆·休斯顿（Sam Houston）与民权领袖马丁·路德·金（Martin Luther King Jr.）作为「好公民」的相同点。Nunn 指出，山姆·休斯顿是蓄奴者，这样的并列把复杂历史人物简单化。
这份作业出自 Bluebonnet Learning 教材：该教材由德州教育厅（TEA）设计、州教育委员会批准，今年6月经 HISD 董事会一致通过后在本学年推行；HISD 目前处于州政府接管之下。另一名家长 Catherine Allen 称该作业内容不准确。家长 Marcie Jones 表示打算下周让儿子退学，并称学区「已流失35%的教师」——这一数字是 Jones 本人向媒体的说法，并非学区公布的数据。Nunn 还说，校方曾承诺每周向家长发送课程简报，但到10月中旬家长仍未收到任何说明；他表示，自己向校长与学区董事会发信反映，在各级均未获回应。
三位受访家长表示，将把不满带进选票：州教育委员会9个改选席位中有4席在 Houston 地区，州长选举也将决定谁有权批准或否决涉及公立学校的法律。
（GSM 据 Courier Texas 报道）
HISD Bluebonnet Assignment Draws Parent Anger: First-Grade Venn Diagram Compares Sam Houston and Martin Luther King Jr.
HOUSTON, Texas — A first-grade social studies assignment in the Houston Independent School District (HISD), in Harris County, Texas, has drawn strong objections from parents, Courier Texas reported on October 21. Parent Zachary Nunn found a worksheet in his daughter's backpack from Parker Elementary School asking students to use a Venn diagram to compare the 'good citizenship' of Texas historical figure Sam Houston and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Nunn noted that Sam Houston was a slave owner and said the comparison simplifies and glosses over a complicated figure.
The assignment comes from Bluebonnet Learning, a curriculum designed by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and approved by the State Board of Education. The HISD board unanimously approved Bluebonnet Learning in June, and it was implemented this school year while HISD is under state takeover. Another parent, Catherine Allen, said the assignment teaches inaccurate information. Parent Marcie Jones said she plans to pull her son out of the district next week and said the district has 'lost 35% of our teachers' — a figure Jones herself gave to reporters, not a district-published statistic. Nunn said the school had promised weekly newsletters detailing lesson plans, but as of mid-October parents had received none, and that his emails to the principal and the school board were dismissed and ignored.
All three parents said they will take their frustrations to the ballot: nine State Board of Education seats are up for grabs, including four in the Houston area, and the gubernatorial race will determine who has the power to approve or reject laws pertaining to public schools. (GSM, based on Courier Texas reporting)
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