West Virginia, America's coal capital, struggles with global warming in teaching science

Xeni Jardin 11:54 am Tue Jan 13, 2015

The John Amos coal-fired power plant is seen behind a home in Poca, West Virginia, on May 18, 2014. (Reuters/Robert Galbraith)

At the New York Times, John Schwartz reports on the struggles over school science programs in West Virginia's education system. Specifically, the fight over how to present global warming.

Any coincidence that West Virginia's economy is dominated by the powerful coal industry?

Bobbi Nicholson, a professor of education at Marshall University’s graduate school in South Charleston, criticized the board, saying that “they see their primary constituency not as West Virginia students, but as the fossil fuels industry.”

"West Virginia Revisits Science Standards" [nytimes.com]

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