School board eliminates textbooks that doubt climate change

Posted by | May 22, 2016 18:18 | Filed under: Planet

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The Portland, OR school board has passed a unanimous resolution not to use materials that cast doubt on climate change.

The resolution says, “There is overwhelming consensus in the scientific community that the climate crisis is created by human beings.” It also calls for “curriculum and educational opportunities that address climate change and climate justice in all Portland Public Schools.”

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26 responses to School board eliminates textbooks that doubt climate change

  1. Larry Schmitt May 22nd, 2016 at 18:26

    I knew it wasn’t in Texas.

  2. Suzanne McFly May 22nd, 2016 at 18:29

    Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Larry Schmitt May 22nd, 2016 at 18:32

      But how many states still teach “creationism” as an “alternate theory?” In other words, an alternative to the truth.

      • Suzanne McFly May 22nd, 2016 at 20:38

        Baby steps Larry, this is a mark in the win column and I will celebrate it.

      • Red Mann May 22nd, 2016 at 20:57

        To the religio-bots a theory means wild ass guess.

    • Mike May 22nd, 2016 at 18:41

      Crazy that in the 21st century we’re still fighting science with dogma….

      • Larry Schmitt May 22nd, 2016 at 18:49

        We’re not, they are.

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  3. Warman1138 May 22nd, 2016 at 18:51

    Portland Or., smarter than all the red states combined.

    • Ed VanDyke May 23rd, 2016 at 00:56

      NOPE! You can’t discount Portland’s boisterous population of skinheads, ‘Christian Scientists’, congregations from the Church of Elvis, Rajneeshees, etc., and general presence of hicks, rednecks,yokels of every flair from the eastern and southern parts of the state. You just have to appreciate that every single person in that town is an “extremist” of one kind or another, and enjoy the roller-coaster… :)

  4. amersham46 May 22nd, 2016 at 18:56

    Fox News also covered this story , the comments there one would wonder if they are the same story

    • Larry Schmitt May 22nd, 2016 at 18:57

      It must be a requirement to be home schooled if you want to post at fox.

      • amersham46 May 22nd, 2016 at 19:00

        I post there regularly, I think of it as a combination of comic relief and rattling the FoxBots cages

        • CandideThirtythree May 22nd, 2016 at 21:17

          I hope you are using protection…I won’t even look there without double wrapping.

          • amersham46 May 22nd, 2016 at 21:59

            I posted on News Max once , three hours later there were two exorcists at my door

  5. William May 22nd, 2016 at 19:33

    Stupid libruls and their fancy “science”. Time to return to a more basic and conservative edukashun for are chilldrins.

  6. anothertoothpick May 22nd, 2016 at 19:41

    Maybe they are on to something..

  7. CandideThirtythree May 22nd, 2016 at 21:15

    Smart states will go ahead and pay for their damn textbooks and stop using Texas textbooks just because it is a few cents cheaper per book.

  8. Inbr-Ed May 22nd, 2016 at 21:24

    Of course. The lefts agenda to force their progressive ideology on school children. Let them think for themselves and draw their own conclusion.

  9. Sam May 22nd, 2016 at 21:37

    How dare they, let kids study science as fact over fiction.
    Climate change is non existent because it’s snowing in Canada in the winter!! Right?

  10. amersham46 May 22nd, 2016 at 22:03

    I think the students would rather the board eliminated textbooks

  11. Comicus May 22nd, 2016 at 22:16

    Yay science.

  12. Ed VanDyke May 23rd, 2016 at 00:26

    I’m the product of Portland (Catholic) schools. My science education was second to none, graduating high school with AP credits in Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. (Though I only took/passed the AP exam for Calculus)… My knee-jerk reaction is concern for blanketing standards which eliminate textbooks on the basis of whether they inject doubt into scientific principles. Context and process by which that’s done makes a whole lot of difference. But science’s embracing (“demanding” even) of doubt is the entire reason I was drawn to it, and ultimately the reason I concluded it was superior in every way to religion/faith… The only thing we shared with Portland Public Schools was the parameters for deciding and mechanisms for declaring snow days. (and our football team kicked their asses a lot).. Let’s not reach a point where public schools are declaring absolute, unquestionable “truths” while religious ones are teaching objective scrutiny… {{{Only in fking Portland}}} smh ;)

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