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A new textbook refuting global warming is set for release – just as a series of guides on teaching the human causes of climate change are poised to be published. Inside the political fight over climate change in classrooms, via @frontlinePBS & @groundtruth pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
These dueling education campaigns are the latest sign that children’s understanding of climate change is seen as up for grabs – a fight @frontlinePBS and @GroundTruth Project have been reporting on over the past year.
.@katieworth first broke the story in March of 2017 that the Heartland Institute was mailing science teachers across the country a book titled "Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming.” pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
After the @frontlinePBS and @GroundTruth report, three ranking Democrats on the House committees overseeing education condemned climate change skeptics for targeting teachers. pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
The Heartland Institute dismissed the lawmakers’ statement. pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
After @BetsyDeVosED praised President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, four Democratic senators wrote a letter asking DeVos if administration officials were in contact with the Heartland Institute. @SenWhitehouse was among them. pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
Heartland declined to comment on any connection to the Education Department, and its former CEO Joseph Bast said Sen. Whitehouse, himself, was guilty of bringing “politics into high school classrooms.” pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
Throughout 2017, at least 11 measures were introduced in nine Republican states aimed at supporting public school teachers who want to teach “diverse” views on climate. pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
About year after the Heartland Institute’s "Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming” hit teachers’ mailboxes, many of the same educators got a book called "The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change” from the Paleontological Research Institution. pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
Read the latest from @katieworth for a closer look at the continuing fight over science education: pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
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