What is the state’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) teaching kids? nsjonline.com reports:
Gov. Roy Cooper and his administration have rolled out an environmental curriculum to be implemented in high school Earth Science and AP Environment classes across the state. “It’s Our Air” aims to educate students about the sources of air pollution, how the state measures pollutants, and the enforcement of state and federal regulations.
What does JLF’s Roy Cordato make of it?
Roy Cordato, a professor at NC State and resident scholar at the John Locke Foundation, said while the program states that it includes a variety of viewpoints, it is actually nothing short of propaganda.
“I have been through a lot of the material that [DEQ] has for kids, and most of it is heavily slanted,” said Cordato. “When an agency puts out a curriculum, they try to get students to take positions that will advance their size and scope.” Cordato noted that there are hundreds of free curriculums that agencies and organizations push out, and that schools are not required to adopt these.
