Thread: Lawmaker isn't happy about textbooks donated Mexico

Rep. Lambert no fan of textbooks from Mexico

A Republican lawmaker isn't happy that textbooks from Mexico will be distributed to Spanish-speaking Colorado students.

Rep. Kent Lambert of Colorado Springs said the state has no way to screen "patently false information" in the textbooks, including possible claims that land in the southwestern United States is actually Mexican property.

He also fears the books interfere with goals of inclusion, including learning to speak English.

"This is outrageous," Lambert said.

The State Board of Education is holding a reception at 11 a.m. today in its lobby to thank Mexican Consul General Eduardo Arnal for donating 500 boxes of books to Colorado students.

The state has been accepting and distributing the books for 12 years, said board spokesman Mark Stevens.

The books are published for use in schools in Mexico and distributed to Spanish-speaking students in Colorado to help them learn English.

Supporters say the books help students learn English. The books being donated include textbooks and children's fiction for elementary- and middle-school levels.

Lynn Bartels, The Denver Post

http://www.denverpost.com/emailed/ci_11848267

The state has been accepting and distributing the books for 12 years, said board spokesman Mark Stevens.

Other states are accepting the donated books too. I read an article in my local newspaper (Raleigh N&O) last year concerning the fact that NC receives donated books from Mexico.

My kid's elementary school got the books too! Mexico should be using these books in their own country!

Do the kids in Mexico get school books from the Mexican government?

Dixie

Mexico can take their books and Anchors and all illegals back to their side of the fence.

find out what schools they are going too.
contact the principal to collect them and burn em

If I had kids in school, I believe I would network with other parents and attend a school board meeting and protest this to the effen hilt!!!

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ELAINE GANTZ BERMAN (D)
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JANE GOFF (D)
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PEGGY LITTLETON (R)
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MARCIA NEAL (R)
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ANGELIKA SCHROEDER (D)

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Originally Posted by Dixie

Do the kids in Mexico get school books from the Mexican government?

Dixie

Fantastic question Dixie! I believe the answer is...only if their parents PAY for them.

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This is a 2005 posting from another site.
unbelievable

Mexican textbooks in American Schools!?
11-04-2005, 11:27 AM #1

Does anyone know anything about this? Has anyone seen these textbooks?

"Since 1990, Mexico has embarked on a series of initiatives to import Mexican culture into the U.S. Mexico’s five-year development plan in 1995 announced that the “Mexican nation extends beyond . . . its borderâ€