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NCBCPS Introduces Electronic Version of Curriculum  

The National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools Introduces Electronic Version of Their Curriculum for Public Schools -- Lubbock, Texas High Schools Vote to Implement This Curriculum Over Two Others


GREENSBORO, N.C., Feb. 10, 2011 /Christian Newswire/ -- The National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (NCBCPS) is introducing the electronic version of their course "The Bible in History and Literature." This version will be for students to use on their school computers and will include not only the text from the original textbook, but it also includes movies, dvds, and slides.

Photo: Misty Reiber 

This electronic version has already been greatly welcomed in public schools. The Lubbock, Texas school board voted to implement the National Council's (NCBCPS) curriculum over two other curricula that were available. (See article below.)


    LUBBOCK AVALANCHE - JOURNAL
    Published: Friday, May 21, 2010

    Bible classes set for three Lubbock high schools

    JOE GULICK


    Two new elective courses to be taught during the next school year at Lubbock, Monterey and Coronado high schools will involve students' using a famous textbook chosen by the Texas Legislature - the Bible.


    A literacy study of the Old Testament will be offered in the fall semester, and a similar New Testament study will be taught in the spring of 2011, according to Misty Rieber, coordinator of social studies for the Lubbock Independent School District.


    Offering the courses wasn't a decision made on the level of local school districts. House Bill 1287 from the 2007 Texas Legislature requires Texas school districts to offer the courses to students in grades nine through 12 if enough students show an interest in taking them.


    The Bible courses will not be taking a religious perspective, Rieber said.


    "What it says in the law is that the purpose is not to proselytize but to look at the history and literature connections from the Bible to our society and our culture," she said.


    The Texas Education Agency set 15 students who sign up for the courses as the minimum number for sufficient student interest, Rieber said.


    That was no problem at Lubbock High, Monterey and Coronado, where a combined number of more than 100 students have signed up for one or both of the Bible courses, Rieber said. Some of the schools may even have more than one section of the courses.


    However, there haven't been enough students at Estacado to warrant the courses, she said.


    "Things change over the summer, but as it stands now, they just didn't have enough students with room in their schedules," Rieber said.


    That was the same circumstance at Lubbock-Cooper High School, which will not offer the Bible courses, said Jo Ellen Henderson, Lubbock-Cooper director of public information.


    Like Estacado, Lubbock-Cooper is a 3A high school with a much smaller student body than 5A schools Lubbock, Monterey and Coronado.


    The Bible classes aren't being planned at Frenship High School, said Andy Penney, Frenship Independent School District director of public relations and information.


    "At this time, we don't have enough interest to offer a course like that for 2010-11," Penney said.


    Most of the Lubbock ISD students who are planning to take the courses signed up for both semesters, but a few of them were only able to fit one of the courses into their schedules, Rieber said. Any students from freshmen to seniors are eligible to take the courses.


    "Typically it would attract upperclassmen because it is a special topics course, which means it is an extra elective for students," Rieber said.


    Although the Bible is the primary textbook of the literacy courses, there is a supplemental text as well: "The Bible in History in Literature," published in 2007 by the National Council of Bible Curriculum in Public Schools.


    The Lubbock school district appointed a Bible Literacy Curriculum Committee of six teachers who are voting members and two administrators who are non-voting members. The six voting members of the committee chose the supplemental text, Rieber said.


    The committee members were split between backgrounds in history and in literature (English/language arts), but they did a good job of combining the two perspectives, Rieber said.


    "They were professional and respectful of one another's opinions," she said.


    The committee members chose the text from three choices eligible for consideration.


    "They picked the one they thought would best meet the needs of the classes," Rieber said.


    -- Reprint courtesy of The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal --


The National Council on Bible Curriculum has had its Bible course implemented in 3,500 public high schools to date. Over 650,000 students have taken this course nationwide.


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Delta school to teach Bible as English elective  

(From NEMS360.com - Read the entire article here)

 

NORTH CARROLLTON - The best-selling, most influential book of all-time is back at Carroll County public schools.

 

The Bible, banned for religious use in the classroom by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1963, is being taught this semester at J.Z. George High School as an English elective.

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Bible Classes Set for Three Lubbock High Schools  

(using curriculum by the National Council on Bible Curriulum In Publis Schools)


Published: Friday, May 21, 2010 at lubbockonline.com
JOE GULICK


Two new elective courses to be taught during the next school year at Lubbock, Monterey and Coronado high schools will involve students' using a famous textbook chosen by the Texas Legislature - the Bible.


A literacy study of the Old Testament will be offered in the fall semester, and a similar New Testament study will be taught in the spring of 2011, according to Misty Rieber, coordinator of social studies for the Lubbock Independent School District.


Offering the courses wasn't a decision made on the level of local school districts. House Bill 1287 from the 2007 Texas Legislature requires Texas school districts to offer the courses to students in grades nine through 12 if enough students show an interest in taking them.


The Bible courses will not be taking a religious perspective, Rieber said.


"What it says in the law is that the purpose is not to proselytize but to look at the history and literature connections from the Bible to our society and our culture," she said.


The Texas Education Agency set 15 students who sign up for the courses as the minimum number for sufficient student interest, Rieber said.


That was no problem at Lubbock High, Monterey and Coronado, where a combined number of more than 100 students have signed up for one or both of the Bible courses, Rieber said. Some of the schools may even have more than one section of the courses.


However, there haven't been enough students at Estacado to warrant the courses, she said.


"Things change over the summer, but as it stands now, they just didn't have enough students with room in their schedules," Rieber said.


That was the same circumstance at Lubbock-Cooper High School, which will not offer the Bible courses, said Jo Ellen Henderson, Lubbock-Cooper director of public information.


Like Estacado, Lubbock-Cooper is a 3A high school with a much smaller student body than 5A schools Lubbock, Monterey and Coronado.


The Bible classes aren't being planned at Frenship High School, said Andy Penney, Frenship Independent School District director of public relations and information.


"At this time, we don't have enough interest to offer a course like that for 2010-11," Penney said.


Most of the Lubbock ISD students who are planning to take the courses signed up for both semesters, but a few of them were only able to fit one of the courses into their schedules, Rieber said. Any students from freshmen to seniors are eligible to take the courses.


"Typically it would attract upperclassmen because it is a special topics course, which means it is an extra elective for students," Rieber said.


Although the Bible is the primary textbook of the literacy courses, there is a supplemental text as well: "The Bible in History in Literature," published in 2007 by the National Council of Bible Curriculum in Public Schools.


The Lubbock school district appointed a Bible Literacy Curriculum Committee of six teachers who are voting members and two administrators who are non-voting members. The six voting members of the committee chose the supplemental text, Rieber said.


The committee members were split between backgrounds in history and in literature (English/language arts), but they did a good job of combining the two perspectives, Rieber said.


"They were professional and respectful of one another's opinions," she said.


The committee members chose the text from three choices eligible for consideration.


"They picked the one they thought would best meet the needs of the classes," Rieber said.


View this article at lubbockonline.com

 
Alabama Adopts New Textbook for Academic Study of the Bible  
Alabama Adopts New Textbook for Academic Study of the Bible
State Board of Education decision provides state funding and approval for "The Bible In History and Literature", by the National Council On Bible Curriculum In Public Schools.
MEDIA ADVISORY, Nov. 20 /Christian Newswire/

The following is submitted by Scott Beason, Alabama State Senator:

Last week, after a rigorous, year long evaluation process, the Alabama State Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the Bible Curriculum, "The Bible in History and Literature", for statewide usability. The curriculum published by the National Council On Bible Curriculum In Public Schools is already being used in several school districts across Alabama, but State Board approval means that local districts can now be reimbursed by the State for the cost of the course materials.
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