Connecticut proposes mandating climate change education in schools - Sensationalist Headlines

https://apnews.com/e19029381ba24b9c9c567e0924621888 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A legislative proposal in Connecticut would mandate instruction in climate change in public schools statewide, beginning in elementary school. Connecticut already has adopted science standards that call for teaching of climate change, but if the bill passes it is believed that it would be the first to write such a requirement into law. The bill was proposed by state Rep. Christine Palm. The Chester Democrat says said it should be taught from a young age so “there’s no excuse for kids to grow up ignorant of what’s at stake.” Some educators have questioned whether it’s necessary in light of Connecticut’s adoption in 2015 of the Next Generation Science Standards, which include climate change as a core aspect of science education beginning in middle school.

You mean you didn't already? Even 20 years ago when I went to school we learned about climate change.

Should be like evolution. Its not just some theory, it's what is happening in front of our fucken eyes.

well, we do watch diseases evolve before our eyes

You can *literally see with a microscope in real time* mutations and other forms of genetic variation occur (such as viruses directly changing DNA sequences in cells). Natural selection also a very simple idea that doesn't even require a microscope to verify. This isn't even something whimsical, you just have no clue what evolution is.

Just because you personally aren't directly observing these phenomena doesn't mean they aren't happening. Just because you personally may not understand how a series of random mutations drive evolutionary changes does not mean they are insufficient in explaining observed phenomena. Only fools discount the power of small incremental changes over time. qPCR can literally be seen with your eyes as the DNA probes give off light. I work on combating problems caused by bacterial evolution for a living.

Hi, I live in Connecticut, went to school here, was in middle school during 9/11. They taught us climate change, they talked about ozone stuff, ecology, circle of life from plant to herbivore to carnivore to shit to plant and back, etc. Then again I went to a school in the suburbs so it might be different in places like New Haven, Bridgeport or Hamden where the schools are underfunded. I think this is a feel-good law that really does nothing since other educational mandates require it to be taught.

Better late than never I guess. Was gonna say we learned about climate change when I was in school, but the teachers where I'm from had a lot of freedom in how they educated us. Sometimes it just depends on who's teaching I think.

Isn't that basic science? Like, the same as putting 2 and 2 together and easily arriving at the conclusion that its gonna be 4? I dunno, the concept is so simple, I don't know how anyone can be against it. Well, I can, but... I get that some people don't believe that the Earth is round, I guess, but this is slightly different and easier to prove.

Can we do the same for things like alternative and traditional """medicines"""? Their popularity is worryingly growing, and now organisations like the WHO are starting to treat them like they have some degree of validity...