California Lawmaker Seeks Climate Change as part of Public Education
Posted by: in Life and ScienceAndrew Feinberg writes “A California State Senator is seeking to mandate climate change as part of the standard science curriculum. Other members of the legislative body seek to instruct an opposing view. ‘Simitian noted that his bill wouldn’t dictate what to instruct or in what grades, but rather would require the say Board of Education and state Department of Education to decide both. Even though global warming is mentioned in high school classes about weather, it is currently not required to be covered in all textbooks, said the head of the California Science Teachers Association … instructors would have plenty to discuss: rising levels of carbon dioxide, how temperatures are measured globally, and what is known and not known about global warming.’”
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