Texas Board of Education votes to remove Hillary Clinton from the social studies program.

The Texas State Board of Education does not think Hillary Clinton is important enough to fit into the state's compulsory education curriculum. Helen Keller could be fired too, reports the Dallas Morning News. What can remain as part of efforts to "streamline" the social studies curriculum in state public schools? The influence of Moses in writing the founding documents of the country and many references to "Judeo-Christian" values. Several historical personalities of Texas, including Barbara Jordan, Sam Hosuton and Stephen F. Austin, remain. Plus local members of the Texas legislature, of course.

The decision to oust Clinton and Keller came as a group of 15 members found a way to rate each historical figure in order to rank their importance and determine who should be considered "essential". Clinton scored five points out of 20 while Keller made slightly better with a seven. They clearly had nothing on the local members of the Texas legislature and several Texas historical personalities who scored perfect scores. The council also voted to keep a reference to "heroic defenders" of Alamo.

The teachers involved in the process defended the movement to reduce the number of people that students need to learn because there are so many on the list that it was useless and that classes became memorization exercises rather than d & # 39; learning. Removing numbers from the list does not mean that teachers can not talk about them, but rather that they are not mandatory.

Friday's vote on the changes was preliminary and further amendments are possible before a final vote in November.