Teach students higher order or critical thinking skills? Not if the Texas Republicans have their way. | Dangerously Irrelevant

The Republican Party of Texas states in its official 2012 political platform:

We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are [...]

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Ahem... This one leaves me speechless (and that is difficult to do).

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