| Arnold Vetoes Climate Change Curriculum |
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| Written by Dave Loos | |
| Monday, 28 July 2008 | |
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In February, we told you about a bill in California that would mandate all new science textbooks in the public schools include details about climate change. The state senate had just approved the legislation, and it was headed next to the state assembly. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had little to say about the proposal at the time. Fast forward to last week, when an assembly-approved bill landed on the Governator's desk, at which point Arnold promply vetoed the legislation. This doesn't sound like the governor we've grown to love and admire. What gives? Schwarzenegger told the San Jose Mercury-News that while he supports educating students about climate change, he is opposed to educational mandates from the State House. "I continue to believe that the state should refrain from being overly prescriptive in specific school curriculum, beyond establishing rigorous academic standards," he said. Democratic state Sen. Joe Simitian, who drafted the legislation, said the bill wouldn't dictate what to teach; rather, it would force the state Education Board to decide how the topic would be covered in future curriculum. Comments (4)
  written by Samantha, July 29, 2008
It's easy to forget the Governator is first and foremost a *Republican*, and those fellas are all about "small government" --in theory at least-- which includes the government not dictating school curriculums. I don't think this has anything to do about unknowns in climate change science. Rather, this is his attempt to show GOP voters that he is still a Republican.
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Yeah, OK, we can be the change that we want to see in the world. But unless powerful people in powerful positions want to be that change as well, nothing's going to change.
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A lot of aspects of climate change is a relatively new, and there's still much debate (not just in the scientific community) as to what theories can be passed as true, false, or don't have enough information to be sure either way.
So if it is taught, it will be taught as a half-science, which is never good.