Bible, literature, and classical education
Julie's new campaign video makes the case for literacy, the Bible's place in our history, and a classical education that forms knowledgeable citizens.
Julie released a new campaign video this week on Bible, literature, and classical education — the foundation she wants in Texas classrooms.
The spot starts with literacy. Students cannot inherit the American tradition if they cannot read it, and they cannot understand the documents that built this country if their schools treat those texts as optional. Julie argues that a child who can read widely is a child who can think freely.
From there the video names the Bible's historical influence on our laws, our literature, and our civic life. That is not a Sunday-school lesson imposed from Austin. It is an honest account of the books that formed the English language and the American founding — books Texas students should meet in the classroom, not discover by accident.
A classical education is how those pieces hold together: literature that has lasted, history told without apology, and the habits of mind that develop knowledgeable citizens rather than activists. That is the standard Julie is asking District 7 families to send her back to the State Board to keep.
We can develop knowledgeable citizens.
