> "why wouldn't schools have critical thinking as part of their curriculum"? "Knowledge-Based Education – We oppose the teaching of Higher Order Thinking Skill

> "why wouldn't schools have critical thinking as part of their curriculum"? "Knowledge-Based Education – 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." Page 13: https://web.archive.org/web/20120629111643/http://s3.amazonaws.com/texasgop_pre/assets/original/2012-Platform-Final.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20120629111643/http://s3.amazona...