SCIENCE, EDUCATION ADVOCATES CALL ON PUBLISHERS TO REMOVE CLIMATE CHANGE DENIALISM FROM NEW TEXTBOOKS Leading National Publishers Mislead Students in New Social Studies Textbooks FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 12, 2014 Science and education advocates are calling on leading national publishers to revise proposed new social studies textbooks that include inaccurate and misleading information on climate science and […]
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Publishers Also Largely Appear to Be Resisting Demands from Extremists FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 20, 2014 The Texas Freedom Network Education Fund today applauded select changes made to proposed Texas public school social studies textbooks, as well as publishers’ unwillingness to bow to pressure from extremist groups seeking to insert further distortions into the texts. […]
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PROPOSED TEXAS TEXTBOOKS DISTORT CLIMATE CHANGE FACTS
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