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Idaho needs science teachers, big time

It’s a good thing there are science teachers in Idaho to stand between students and the designs of state lawmakers. Otherwise, they might be getting the kind of “balanced” view of climate change that some members of the House Education Committee would like to see taught. You know – the view that “balances” science with faith and guessing and polluter-funded research. Based on the resistance in the House, an Idaho Senate stripped the subject of climate change and the consensus scientific view of the human role in it from new science standards for students in public schools/Shawn Vestal, SR. More here.



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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