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Idahoans want climate change taught

In Boise, Lewiston and Coeur d’Alene last week – just like at earlier public meetings in Twin Falls, Idaho Falls and Fort Hall – Idahoans turned out in force to tell the state Department of Education that they want their schools to teach students about climate change.

The issue arises as Idaho updates its school science standards for the first time since 2001. State lawmakers, during their session this year, removed five sections about climate change, saying they weren’t sufficiently balanced, from the 375 sections that were proposed. Now, the state is gathering public input before reconvening a 19-member panel of the state’s top science teachers, scientists and education officials who developed the standards. The standards were vetted in six public hearings last year and supported in 400 written public comments before being approved by the state Board of Education/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Do you want climate change taught in our public schools?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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