| Careful, you're going to trigger the conservative anti-thinking brigade's thoughtless criticism by undermining their authority! https://www.pressherald.com/2024/01/27/opinion-critical-thin... >Opinion: Critical thinking is authoritarians’ kryptonite; let’s use it. >The culture of MAGA Republicans is antithetical to critical thinking. Which is exactly why the rest of us need to insist on it. https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/texas-gop-no-more-c... >Texas GOP: No More Critical Thinking in Schools >Teachers, you may want to be sitting down for this one. >The 2012 Texas Republican Party Platform, adopted June 9 at the state convention in Forth Worth, seems to take a stand against, well, the teaching of critical thinking skills. Read it for yourself: >"We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS) (values clarification), critical thinking skills and similar programs that are simply a relabeling of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) (mastery learning) which focus on behavior modification and have the purpose of challenging the student’s fixed beliefs and undermining parental authority." |