Bill Allen: California Struggles to Out-Dumb Texas
For those who felt confident that Texas holds a comfortable lead in dumbest assaults on education, the news out of California that a school board in Los Alamitos will mandate political influence into science topics will come as worrisome. Teachers in Texas remain convinced that the Lone Star State's hilariously-named Texas State Board of Education will fight back and call for even more interference by politicians in the teaching of Texas school children and thus re-establish Texas' firm lead as the laughing-stock of education.
Teachers in the Los Angeles-area town will force teachers to give presentations on how they present their course on environmental science. One school board member, more concerned about political positions than in allowing the teachers to deal with the actual science of global climate change, has been quoted as saying "I believe my role in the board is to represent the conservative voice of the community, and I'm not a big fan of global warming." This tells teachers, "Well, so much for dealing with actual scientific data and conclusions by competent scientists in teaching children about the world. Just make sure to let my political position dictate what you teach
Teachers in the Los Angeles-area town will force teachers to give presentations on how they present their course on environmental science. One school board member, more concerned about political positions than in allowing the teachers to deal with the actual science of global climate change, has been quoted as saying "I believe my role in the board is to represent the conservative voice of the community, and I'm not a big fan of global warming." This tells teachers, "Well, so much for dealing with actual scientific data and conclusions by competent scientists in teaching children about the world. Just make sure to let my political position dictate what you teach
