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Fluffeh writes:
"For a few years the National Research Council, National Science Teachers Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science have been working to put together a set of standards for teaching science in public education schools. So far, nine states and the District of Columbia have adopted the standards. Wyoming doesn't appear to have issues with evolution. Instead, climate science appears to be the problem. That's not because any of the legislators have actually studied the science involved and found it lacking. The issue appears to be solely with the implications of the science.
State Representative Matt Teeters had this to say '[The standards] handle global warming as settled science. There's all kind of social implications involved in that that I don't think would be good for Wyoming.' Specifically, Teeters seems to think that having citizens of the state accept climate science would 'wreck Wyoming's economy,' which relies heavily on fossil fuel production."
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 17 2014, @01:14PM
True... Also many these sort of flame bait click articles follow the same formula. My XYZ cause is not being taught to the children.
So?
No really. Take for example evolution/creationism. This subject is very important to some people. Yet if you look at it in the whole of the entire debate about what should be taught in school? It is a couple of pages in 1 class that you do not really take until somewhere around 8-10th grade. Its just not that big of a deal.
Climate change is the same thing. 1-2 pages or maybe 1-2 days of class work in one class.
A little here and there do add up. But overall the basic three R's are better to focus on for many. With some history classes to help back it up.
People should stop being outraged about [pet idea] and look to see if their kids can do simple things like read, write, arithmetic. Those are the foundation we build the rest of the education system on.