The inclusion of words like “evolution” and “climate change” in academic standards doesn’t mean Oklahoma students will now learn previously omitted material. It creates opportunity for extremism in the classroom, highlighting again the need to give parents greater choice in schools than one assigned solely by geography, not quality.
It’s not unreasonable to ask if the State Board of Education’s approval of new science standards that explicitly reference evolution and climate change could transform some Oklahoma classrooms into…
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Free Market Friday: School standards as virtue-signaling
