Tennessee Law Will Allow Teachers to Challenge Climate Science
Source: Scientific American
Tennessee soon will have a law granting public school teachers the right to challenge climate science in their classrooms.
Gov. Bill Haslam (R) of Tennessee declined to act on a measure yesterday that would formally allow teachers to challenge "the teaching of some scientific subjects," including global warming, evolution and human cloning. Without the governor's signature, the bill becomes law by default later this month.
"The bill received strong bipartisan support, passing the House and Senate by a three-to-one margin, but good legislation should bring clarity and not confusion," Haslam said in a statement. "My concern is that this bill has not met this objective."
Haslam said he thought that the bill would not change the already-established curriculum in the state's public schools.
Read more: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=tennessee-law-will-allow-teachers-to-challenge-climate-science
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)Better yet teachers that have their own belief will bring it up anyway. Way to go Tn we are now going back being made fools of.
emulatorloo
(44,182 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,182 posts)the questions are all evolution-oriented. And not a single question on Adam and Eve.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)use that as a reason to fire all the teachers and defund the schools altogether...
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)But it will not allow the process of Climate Change and its consequences to stop happening.
What will students think of their education if they hear one thing in class, and can see the opposite happening by merely looking out the classroom window?
What if the school's not air conditioned!!!!
chervilant
(8,267 posts)permeates our entire system of education. So, is this the DELIBERATE dumbing down of our youth, rendering them most likely to become factory fodder or service industry drones?
I find it sad that so many of these dysfunctional adults are convinced that our children are too indoctrinated to oppose these initiatives. I remain hopeful that #Occupy will prove them wrong.
tanyev
(42,610 posts)FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)RedCloud
(9,230 posts)cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)*sigh*
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,630 posts)Isn't there some religious discrimination in that law?
And when did human cloning become a scientific subject?
Does anyone really think this country is going to remain a superpower?
Mendocino
(7,505 posts)Courses on snake handling?