Portland school board bans climate change-denying materials

[senona]

Nothing like a bunch of environmentalists rewriting text books, blowing off the fact that science as a whole, is about questioning and researching regardless of the subject.

So now, they want the books to read as they "think" (believe) that things are when it comes to climate change

In a move spearheaded by environmentalists, the Portland Public Schools board unanimously approved a resolution aimed at eliminating doubt of climate change and its causes in schools.

“It is unacceptable that we have textbooks in our schools that spread doubt about the human causes and urgency of the crisis,” said Lincoln High School student Gaby Lemieux in board testimony. “Climate education is not a niche or a specialization, it is the minimum requirement for my generation to be successful in our changing world.”

The resolution passed Tuesday evening calls for the school district to get rid of textbooks or other materials that cast doubt on whether climate change is occurring and that the activity of human beings is responsible. The resolution also directs the superintendent and staff to develop an implementation plan for “curriculum and educational opportunities that address climate change and climate justice in all Portland Public Schools.”

Bill Bigelow, a former PPS teacher and current curriculum editor of Rethinking Schools, a magazine devoted to education issues, worked with 350PDX and other environmental groups to present the resolution.

“A lot of the text materials are kind of thick with the language of doubt, and obviously the science says otherwise,” Bigelow says, accusing the publishing industry to bowing to pressure from fossil fuels companies. “We don’t want kids in Portland learning material courtesy of the fossil fuel industry.”

In board testimony, Bigelow said PPS’ science textbooks are littered with words like might, may and could when talking about climate change.

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Like I said, science is about questioning and do use words like might, may and could.


Here is a short clip of a teacher that talks about a sentence that says -- "not all scientists agree with the greenhouse effect" (at about the 30 second mark)
The yuppie gooberhead had the audacity to claim that it is simply not factual..........Yo dude, you are not being factual!
 





Talk about ignorant, narrow-minded environmentalist, brainwashing the kids by limiting their knowledge according to what they, the so-called teachers, want them to 'learn' according to THEIR beliefs, not what science is showing, which is up for debate.

Hence why there are scientists that are for and against the global warming theory.



Boy if I was a parent, I would pull my kid out of that controlling school.



Like the Earth has not gone through radical climate changes over the millions of years???
So what, are they not going to talk about the past environment changes that have occurred BEFORE Man entered the picture

Nothing like being in a position to push your agenda, such as a teacher, redoing the school books to better suit your wishes.


Pathetic and sad

[senona]

Nobel Laureate Dr. Ivar Giaever: 'The temperature (of the Earth) has been amazingly stable, and both human health and happiness have definitely improved in this 'warming' period.'

Oh Mr.Teacher, you might want to do some more research on your theory of ALL scientists support Man-made climate change


As I already stated, not all scientists believe the GW agenda that is being pushed by you and your school


If I have to pick between a yuppie environmentalist and a Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist, think I am going to listen to the specialist in the matter....the Physicist

Giaever announced his resignation from APS was due to the group’s belief in man-made global warming fears. Giaever explained in his email to APS: “In the APS it is ok to discuss whether the mass of the proton changes over time and how a multi-universe behaves, but the evidence of global warming is incontrovertible? The claim (how can you measure the average temperature of the whole earth for a whole year?) is that the temperature has changed from ~288.0 to ~288.8 degree Kelvin in about 150 years, which (if true) means to me is that the temperature has been amazingly stable, and both human health and happiness have definitely improved in this ‘warming’ period.”

 
The reason he resigned, is the same case scenario as the stupid school board.

They did not want anyone questioning GW, stating that is is "incontrovertible"

That is not what science is about
Science is about questioning, researching, doing studies

Yet when it comes to GW, all science is to cease and no one is allowed to question it. Period.
That is wrong on so many levels

In addition to Giaever, other prominent scientists have resigned from APS over its stance on man-made global warming. See: Prominent Physicist Hal Lewis Resigns from APS: ‘Climategate was a fraud on a scale I have never seen…Effect on APS position: None. None at all. This is not science’
Giaever, a former professor at the School of Engineering and School of Science Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has become a vocal dissenter from the alleged “consensus” regarding man-made climate fears. He was featured prominently in the 2009 U.S. Senate Report of (then) Over 700 Dissenting International Scientists from Man-made global warming. Giaever, who is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and won the 1973 Nobel Prize for Physics. (Watch news coverage here.)
Giaever was also one of more than 100 co-signers in a March 30, 2009 letter to President Obama that was critical of his stance on global warming. See: More than 100 scientists rebuke Obama as ‘simply incorrect’ on global warming: ‘We, the undersigned scientists, maintain that the case for alarm regarding climate change is grossly overstated’

http://www.climatedepot.com/2011/09/14/e...l-warming/




 


So the teacher is inaccurate in his assumption about scientists and GW
Think he needs to go back to school.

[senona]

Another scientist who resigned from APS due to them pushing man-made GW and not allowing scientists to dispute it



 


SOURCE


Basically, no one is supposed to question GW
Nice, real nice

So much for science, being able to research and do studies

The Global Warming agenda hoax is in place it seems

[senona]

Another article regarding this school's actions on removing from school books, what they "think" is inappropriate wording when it comes to climate change and science

But a few days after the vote, the story took on a life of its own, mostly outside Portland: Some websites called the move a “ban” on specific books, while another claimed that the district would scan its libraries and remove all books that weren’t up to snuff. One of the advocates fielded emails calling him an “idiot” and a “d-bag.”

The Heartland Institute, a conservative group, posted on its blog that the school district was "demanding that their unshakable faith in catastrophic anthropogenic global warming be the only thing taught in school." In an email, Heartland's director of communications, Jim Lakely, said the resolution was harmful because "it teaches kids in Portland public schools the falsehood that the science is settled." He said he's concerned that kids will be "indoctrinated instead of taught how the scientific method works." 

The story of how an attempt to bring a school district’s textbooks up-to-date with modern science turned into something much more politicized shows how touchy it can be to try to regulate how schools teach about an emerging field.

“It feeds into the more politicized context of climate change,” said Josh Rosenau, programs and policy director for the National Center for Science Education. “I certainly think that climate education is important and should be accurate … but I tend to be a bit leery when a single subject is singled out for any reason.”

Well, I myself am guilty of calling that one guy ignorant and a gooberhead for his remarks, stating that something was "not factually correct" in regards to not all scientists are in agreement of the greenhouse effect
When in reality, he is so driven by his own motives, that he is flat out ignoring science and all that it stands for.

These screeds, Rosen said, missed the point. “I’m not saying that we’re going to burn the textbooks. I’m not saying that we’re going to destroy the textbooks,” he said. "What we’re talking about is getting up-to-date texts.”

Portland schools tried to change how they teach climate change — and ignited a firestorm


No what you are talking about is editing the books to suit your fancy and deprive the kids of any real debate on Man-made climate change versus NATURAL evolution of Mother Earth.

You are injecting YOUR own beliefs into "what should be taught" instead of allowing the students to learn about the process of science...yes, the "Might, could be, may" wording that you so despise.

Because science is just that
Studying and researching, asking questions
Research more...study different areas


As per NASA.GOV









Please note the part of ....

Science is not just a tidy package of knowledge,
Science is not just a step-by-step approach to discovery.
Science is more like a mystery inviting anyone who is interested to become a detective and join in the fun.





As well as.....

Anyone can have an idea about how nature works. Some people think their idea is correct because "it seems right" or "it makes sense." But for a scientist (who could be you!), this is not enough. A scientist will test the idea in the real world. An idea that predicts how the world works is called a hypothesis.



That last part sounds like the environmentalist

They think their idea is correct, because " it seems right"
Therefore they want to indoctrinate the students to think as they do, instead of letting them learn ALL about a topic from various points of views, not just the selected idealistic view of the school.

[Chiefsmom]

It is absolutely disgraceful what are schools are becoming.  It makes it clear why online, and homeschooling become more popular everyday.

As I have posted elsewhere, I formed my opinion on climate change by reading and having spoke to an extended family member.  He is a scientist.  He studies trees, and other things.  He can show you cycles in the weather, with tree rings.  It is very interesting.

While I believe that we MOST DEFINITELY need to clean up our act, and our planet, the weather has been changing for millions of years, and will do so long after we are gone.  There are too many other factors, including the sun, that we cannot effect.

[Melina Hawk]

This is a great example as to why it is so important to be involved in your kids education. I just proof read a paper my senior in high school did, and it was worthy of a spot on a conspiracy site. That's my influence. LOL.

So, what they are doing - I don't mind so much. We need to be cognizant of our impact we have on our immediate environment. To steer our children into a more "green" frame of mind won't hurt our planet or ourselves. 

My kids are aware of the science. The whole solar system is heating up. Not just us. Therefore, we can't be wholly responsible for the heat. But we are responsible for our impact on our immediate surroundings.

[senona]

 
So, what they are doing - I don't mind so much. We need to be cognizant of our impact we have on our immediate environment. To steer our children into a more "green" frame of mind won't hurt our planet or ourselves. 

My kids are aware of the science. The whole solar system is heating up. Not just us. Therefore, we can't be wholly responsible for the heat. But we are responsible for our impact on our immediate surroundings.

Exactly

The point is, it is up for debate

Yes, we are partly responsible
Yet at the same time, one cannot deny in the past the natural evolution of earth over the millions of years.

Take the Sahara Desert for example
Now who is to blame for it changing from a once lush forest to what it is now?
Are they not going to discuss that or just ignore major changes that have occurred before Man came onto the scene

But what this school is attempting to do, is indoctrinate the students to "think" as they want them to, blowing off scientists that dispute GW agenda.

Not allowing for any challenge/debate on the topic

This is a great example as to why it is so important to be involved in your kids education.

I just proof read a paper my senior in high school did, and it was worthy of a spot on a conspiracy site. That's my influence. LOL.

LOL....I bet it was worthy of a spot on a conspiracy site 
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