时间:2024-11-24 10:07:10 来源:网络整理编辑:知識
Parents have fought successfully over the years to ban books like the Harry Potter series and Catche
Parents have fought successfully over the years to ban books like the Harry Potter series and Catcher and the Rye from public schools. Now in Florida, residents could possibly do the same with textbooks about the science behind climate change and evolution.
Last week, Republican Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation that makes it easier for any Florida resident to object to classroom materials they don't like.
SEE ALSO:Climate researchers shot down Trump's EPA administrator in the nerdiest way imaginableThe statute, which took effect on Saturday, requires district school boards to hire an "unbiased and qualified hearing officer" who could deem things like textbooks, movies, and novels as unsuitable and require they not be used.
Before this legislation, residents could only take their complaints to local school boards.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, right, on June 28 signed legislation that requires school boards to hire an "unbiased hearing officer" who will handle complaints about instructional materials used in local schools.Credit: AP/REX/ShutterstockProponents of Florida's measure have argued that state-approved textbooks are "too liberal," and that some books in school libraries are inappropriate.
In a Feb. 1 affidavit to lawmakers, one supporter asked to remove books about Cuba from elementary school libraries, complaining that they "glorified" Fidel Castro's Communist ideals. As a certified teacher, she said she's witnessed "children being taught that Global Warming is a reality." Yet when "parents question these theories, they are ignored," she wrote.
Another woman lamented in an affidavit that evolution is "presented as fact," when she believes it's fiction.
Teachers, scientists, and free speech advocates who oppose the new statute have said they're worried the measure will allow school districts to shape curricula around people's beliefs -- not the mainstream scientific consensus.
"School boards will become inundated with demands that certain books be outright banned and that schools must discontinue using textbooks that don’t mesh with a vocal minority's ideological views," said Brandon Haught, a high school science teacher and member of Florida Citizens for Science, the Orlando Sentinel reported in April.
Protestors march around downtown Denver at the People's Climate March on April 29, 2017.Credit: marc piscotty/Getty ImagesFlorida's statute is one of 13 measures proposed this year that the National Council for Science Education considers to be "anti-science," the Washington Post recently noted.
Alabama and Indiana, for instance, both adopted non-binding resolutions to promote the "academic freedom" of science teachers in the state's public schools. Educators are encouraged to "teach the controversy" around "biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning."
Legislators and parents aren't the only ones putting pressure on public school teachers.
This spring, the Heartland Institute, a libertarian think tank, mailed books and DVDs to 25,000 U.S. science teachers that speak falsely about a "disagreement" among scientists on global warming. The campaign ultimately aims to reach more than 200,000 K-12 science teachers, PBS's Frontline reported in March.
Haught, from Florida Citizens for Science, urged residents to "stand up for sound science eduction."
"The fight will now be won or lost where you live," he wrote in a June 26 blog post.
Australian football makes history with first LGBT Pride Game2024-11-24 09:44
河北精英俱樂部已更名河北功夫 新賽季有望遞補進中乙2024-11-24 09:33
備胎的備胎!皇馬今夏想挖角凱恩 引援順位高於C羅2024-11-24 09:24
落葉歸根 ?布馮考慮今夏結束尤文生涯 重返帕爾馬2024-11-24 08:45
You will love/hate Cards Against Humanity's new fortune cookies2024-11-24 08:43
吳曦:國足2場熱身賽模擬戰敘菲 歸化球員平時也說些中文2024-11-24 08:34
內斯塔被意乙球隊解雇 格羅索有望成為接替者2024-11-24 08:25
國足40強賽前進行4場熱身賽 先與河南嵩山山東泰山過招2024-11-24 08:07
Florida hurricane forecast remains uncertain, but trends in state's favor2024-11-24 08:05
天津隊長阿奇姆彭加盟深圳已完成轉會手續 簽下4年長約2024-11-24 07:28
'Rocket League' Championship Series Season 2 offers $250,000 prize pool2024-11-24 10:02
曝蘇寧主力後衛選擇直接退役 拒絕多支中超球隊邀約2024-11-24 09:50
阿蘭相信能與李鐵一起完成目標 熟悉鋒線隊友磨合沒問題2024-11-24 09:50
吉翔接受山東泰山邀請加盟在即 今天將與球隊匯合2024-11-24 09:46
Here's what 'Game of Thrones' actors get up to between takes2024-11-24 09:39
哈蘭德 :為扔球衣感到抱歉 我離梅西C羅還差得遠呢2024-11-24 09:13
2001年齡段國青今年繼續踢中乙 戰績影響聯賽升降級2024-11-24 08:58
貴州隊官宣續約巴西球員莫塔 兩賽季已打進13球2024-11-24 08:44
Fyvush Finkel, Emmy winner for 'Picket Fences,' dies at 932024-11-24 08:17
卡薩諾:C羅隻想著自己的紀錄 他是尤文的問題所在2024-11-24 07:30