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Florida residents could soon get the power to alter science classes

Education bills would allow people who live in the state to review and recommend instructional materials to be used in schools.
  1. Giorgia Guglielmi
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Policymakers in the United States are pushing to give the public more power to influence what educators teach students. Last week, Florida’s legislature started considering two related bills that, if enacted, would let residents recommend which instructional materials teachers in their school district use in their classrooms.

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Nature 555, 15 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-02434-y

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  • Update 26 February 2018: On 23 February, revised education standards for Idaho classes that include guidelines on how to teach global warming went into effect.

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