Science classes for students in California will feature new additions to the curriculum this year designed to indoctrinate students on climate change through the apocalyptic lens of far-left activists.
Last fall, California lawmakers passed Assembly Bill 285 to mandate all science classes for grades 1 through 12 “include an emphasis on the causes and effects of climate change and methods to mitigate and adapt to climate change.”
The California law will be implemented in full this school year.
Former state Democrat Senate Majority Leader Gloria Romero told The Federalist she sees the new curriculum mandates as counterproductive. “In my experience this is not about science,” Romero said. “This is really the continuance of an ideology, a dogma. … This is basically Democratic dogma and the environmental coalition are very big donors to the Democratic Party.”
“What they should be focusing on,” added the former lawmaker, who chaired the Education Committee, “is to really take a look on reading and instruction.”
Romero cited failing proficiency scores in core subjects such as math and literacy. According to CalMatters, less than half of California’s students are meeting state standards for math and language arts.
California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher called the new law “another political agenda program in the classroom [that] is probably not going to help that dynamic.”
“We need to get back to the fundamentals,” Gallagher told The Federalist. “Our kids aren’t reading at grade level so let’s focus on the basics. Let’s make sure they can read first.”
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