Colorado school district rejects controversial reading curriculum because of errors, Texas focus
On Wednesday, elementary schools in a small southwestern Colorado district stopped using a controversial reading curriculum developed by the state of Texas. It was the third day of school. The sudden shift came a day after the…
A Colorado school district has rejected a Texas-developed reading curriculum called Bluebonnet due to errors and a lack of transparency, the Montezuma-Cortez school board voted 4-3 to reject the curriculum on Wednesday, the third day of the school year. The controversy surrounding Bluebonnet includes thousands of mistakes, with the Texas state paying $8 million to fix them.
District leaders are now scrambling to find replacement lessons for the three elementary schools. Critics of the curriculum question its suitability for Colorado students and the rapid adoption process without proper review. The district's adoption of Bluebonnet followed a school improvement model from the Houston school district, which is now a subject of scrutiny due to mysterious changes in an agreement with Houston.
Montezuma-Cortez Superintendent Eddie Ramirez claimed he was unaware of the changes and asserted the document was properly vetted by district lawyers.
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