Schooling in the Ownership Society: Koch Bros., Gates back Heartland Inst. attack on science teaching

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Koch Bros., Gates back Heartland Inst. attack on science teaching:

Koch Bros., Gates back Heartland Inst. attack on science teaching

by Mike Klonsky

Leaked documents, from a nonprofit organization in Chicago called the Heartland Institute, outline plans to promote a curriculum that would undermine the teaching of science and in particular, the well-established scientific determination that fossil fuel emissions endanger the long-term welfare of the planet. The papers were published earlier this week on the DeSmogBlog website.

That's not all. The leaks reveal that Heartland, which benefits from its tax-exempt status as a non-political organization, is also involved in anti-union activities as well as defending of right-wing Wisconsin Gov. Walker who is facing a recall election. According to a