My Testimony Before the House Public Education Committee on House Bill 1281

I testified today before the House Public Education Committees on House Bill 1281, which I highlighted as the February 16, 2009, Bill of the Day.  Briefly, HB1281 would add "adult responsibility education" to the foundation curriculum in Texas.  The Bill provides that the Texas Education Agency "shall establish an advisory panel under this section to develop the required foundation curriculum to teach students skills in social, emotional, and behavioral interaction to prepare students for adult responsibility. A primary purpose of the adult responsibility curriculum is to teach students advanced methods of thinking, speaking, learning, and reasoning.

Here is my written testimony, and the archived video is available here (scroll forward to 27:15).