Texas creates required reading list that includes Anne Frank and the Bible
(JTA) — Texas instituted on Friday the nation’s first-ever statewide K-12 required reading list for public schools. Students in public schools will soon be required to read Anne Frank’s diary and a host of Bible…
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Texas has become the first state to mandate a K-12 reading list for public schools, featuring Anne Frank’s diary alongside biblical passages. Some Jewish voices in Texas are raising objections, though the specific grounds of their concern are not detailed here. The policy places Jewish texts at the center of a divisive educational debate over what students must read.