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I do not believe FOSS elementary curriculum would have racist and sexist content.

• EricE 6y ago
  That's a nice belief, but there is nothing special with FOSS that would prevent it. Majority rules when there is no hierarchical structure - for example the amount of politically motivated editorializing in Wikipedia makes whole swaths of it highly questionable - article content is driven by the largest tribe, not facts.
  • mixmastamyk 6y ago
    The fact that it is open makes replacing content trivial. Try replacing the content of the proprietary solution mentioned and let us know how it goes.
  • bradly 6y ago
    It's not about majority rules–it is about openness. I'm not concerned if a single person controls the content or a large community ruled by the majority. What matters to me is that the content is publicly available for all to see and review. With open curriculum parents can look at what is being taught and make a decision based on the content. In a closed system this is not possible. The only reason Acellus became an issue this year was because someone on twitter took a picture of their child's lesson and luckily the media picked up on it.