The Derplahoman caucus of the Oklahoma Legislature is up to their old tricks!
Last week, Sally Kern and Josh Brecheen introduced a pair of anti-science bills in the Oklahoma legislature. The bills are very similar, and in their own special way, would give teachers the freedom to make up whatever shit they want when it comes to teaching science.
Here are the details of Kern's bill via The National Center for Science Education.
The bill would require state and local educational authorities to "assist teachers to find more effective ways to present the science curriculum where it addresses scientific controversies" and permit teachers to "help students understand, analyze, critique, and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of existing scientific theories pertinent to the course being taught," prohibiting administrators from interfering. As introduced, the bill specifically mentions "biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and human cloning" as subjects which "some teachers may be unsure" about how to teach.
Hey, I got a better idea. How about we introduce a law that prevents unqualified asshats from teaching science in Oklahoma classrooms? Then we wouldn't have to worry about science teachers being "unsure" about how to teach standard topics like biological evolution, the chemical origins of life, global warming, and all the other scientific things that are real.