To: Oregon State Board of Education
Oregon Board of Education: Support Climate Science for Oregon students!
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Please adopt the Next Generation Science Standards for the benefit of Oregon kids. Oregon students deserve the best possible science education, and that includes learning about climate change. These world-class science standards will help Oregon students prepare for the challenges and opportunities they will face throughout their lives.
Why is this important?
This Thursday, March 6, the Oregon State Board of Education will vote on whether to adopt Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) that include climate science education for Oregon students. These new standards were developed by an arm of the National Academy of Sciences and 26 states including Oregon. Opposition to the new science standards is growing across the country among vocal groups that don't want kids taught the facts about climate change.
Let's make sure that the Board of Education hears from parents, grandparents and other supporters of climate science education loudly and clearly before they vote this Thursday.
Climate science deniers and other opponents have become increasingly active in states around the country considering adoption of the NGSS. Just last week in Wyoming, state legislators voted to prohibit their Department of Education from implementing the NGSS. In Michigan, opponents have derailed the adoption process by more than a year.
This is a crucial moment that will determine whether or not Oregon students will receive a 21st century science education that includes learning about climate change. Let's make sure those who don’t “believe” in climate change and other accepted findings of science don't block the teaching of world class science standards to our kids here in Oregon!
Please sign the petition calling on the Board of Education to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards that include climate science education.
If we act today, our children and grandchildren will thank us tomorrow!
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Milner, Mom and Climate Parents member
Portland, OR
Let's make sure that the Board of Education hears from parents, grandparents and other supporters of climate science education loudly and clearly before they vote this Thursday.
Climate science deniers and other opponents have become increasingly active in states around the country considering adoption of the NGSS. Just last week in Wyoming, state legislators voted to prohibit their Department of Education from implementing the NGSS. In Michigan, opponents have derailed the adoption process by more than a year.
This is a crucial moment that will determine whether or not Oregon students will receive a 21st century science education that includes learning about climate change. Let's make sure those who don’t “believe” in climate change and other accepted findings of science don't block the teaching of world class science standards to our kids here in Oregon!
Please sign the petition calling on the Board of Education to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards that include climate science education.
If we act today, our children and grandchildren will thank us tomorrow!
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Milner, Mom and Climate Parents member
Portland, OR