Oklahoma Legislature: Don’t Teach Climate Change
Credit: NPR
May 16, 2014

Via Liberaland:

Far too science-based for the Oklahoma schools it appears:

An Oklahoma House of Representatives committee voted to reject a set of new science standards Monday, in part out of fear that the standards could lead young students to believe in climate change, reports suggest. . . .

“There’s been a lot of criticisms, in some sectors, as to maybe some of the hyperbole — what some consider hyperbole relative to climate change. I know it’s a very very difficult, very controversial subject,” Oklahoma Rep. Mark McCullough said, according to ThinkProgress. “Do you believe that those sections specifica...

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