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Parents urge Conroe ISD to pause Bluebonnet rollout, demand independent review
Summary
Several parents and educators told the Conroe ISD board Oct. 21 that the Bluebonnet English-language arts program lacks phonics and rigor, embeds religious material in student readers, and increases teacher workload; speakers asked the board to pause further rollout and commission independent reviews.
Several parents urged the Conroe Independent School District board Oct. 21 to pause further rollout of the Bluebonnet English-language arts curriculum and order an independent review, saying the program does not meet accepted literacy standards.
"Please pause further roll out to Bluebonnet and please have Bluebonnet independently reviewed," a parent identified as Ellen told trustees, adding that the curriculum "abandons many of those best practices" taught in the Texas Reading Academy. Other speakers described…
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