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West Virginia Adjusts Science Standards, Adds Theory Of Intelligent Coal
........apparently, some members of the board thought that the pointy-headed intellectuals who developed the standards were a bit too ideologically biased in the direction of what most scientists agree on and that it wouldnt hurt to nudge the standards just a bit in the direction of pseudoscience, which would be OK because it still has science in it. West Virginia is the second state we know of to back away from the Next Generation standards out of concern for the poor oppressed coal industry; the other, Wyoming, dropped the standards altogether rather than pretending theyd adopted them.
The changes were made without any input from the West Virginia Science Teachers Association, which had been involved in the earlier stages of adopting the science standards, but was not consulted about the final, last-minute changes.
Read more at http://wonkette.com/572186/west-virginia-adjusts-science-standards-adds-theory-of-intelligent-coal#7WvgcsZ3gO8Qpxmg.99
DeadLetterOffice
(1,352 posts)Yikes. The stupid keeps spreading...
niyad
(113,302 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)And to think, legally these guys can BREED.