Science, not ideology, belongs in classrooms

Science is about proof, not the political lenses we prefer.

The State Board of Education recently debated how Texas students will learn about hot-button issues including climate change and evolution. Predictably, the review devolved into a political and ideological morass.

There is room for diversity of perspectives in instruction, but classrooms shouldn’t be reduced to an arena of competing ideologies where fringe theories or religious beliefs are presented with equal weight against widespread scientific consensus.