why I dislike the Tea Party.

Thomas Jefferson no longer included among writers influencing the nation’s intellectual origins. Jefferson, a deist who helped pioneer the legal theory of the separation of church and state, is not a model founder in the board’s judgment. Among the intellectual forerunners to be highlighted in Jefferson’s place: medieval Catholic philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas, Puritan theologian John Calvin and conservative British law scholar William Blackstone. Heavy emphasis is also to be placed on the founding fathers having been guided by strict Christian beliefs.

Our universities haven't taught much political history for decades.

There's no place for politics in textbooks, but Liberals introduced it and turn about is fair play.

As an aside, my state has adopted a new 4th grade state history book titled "My Virginia."
In it, on the section devoted to the Civil War, is the claim that "thousands" of blacks joined the Confederate army to fight the Union forces.
The suggestion is that the Civil War was not about slavery but about states' rights.
The author concedes he is not an historian and relied on "internet research" and information from the Sons of Confederate Veterans organization.
The committee which approved the book was comprised of three 4th grade teachers. Their objective seemed to be to ensure that every ethnic group got mentioned in each chapter.