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Hi John,
The right-wing enablers of the fossil fuel industry have launched an attack on proposed new science textbooks that teach Texas students the truth about climate change. They’re calling on climate deniers to flood the State Board of Education (SBOE) with demands to censor new science textbooks for Grade 8 submitted by publishers this past spring.
With the state board set to vote on the proposed textbooks in a few weeks, we have to fight back now and demand that the state board reject these attempts to censor the truth.
What You Can Do
Here are two ways you can defend science education and help public schools teach the truth about climate change:
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Send
an
email
to
your
state
board
member
(cc'd
to
[email protected])
and
urge
them
to
reject
efforts
to
censor
textbooks
that
teach
about
climate
change.
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Submit
a
comment
about
any
of
the
textbooks
the
state
board
is
considering.
✉️ Option 1: Email Your State Board of Education Member ✉️
(cc'd to [email protected])
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Click
here
to
find
out
who
your
state
board
member
is.
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Click
here
to
find
the
email
address
for
your
state
board
member.
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For
additional
assurance
your
message
makes
it
to
the
SBOE,
cc
[email protected].


Information to Help You Write Your Email
A joint report this summer from the TFN Education Fund and the National Center for Science Education [[link removed]] found that nearly all of the Grade 8 science textbooks meet state science standards and other requirements for teaching about climate change. Scientists and educators we worked with even gave two of the textbooks superior ratings for their coverage of the subject. And official state review panels [[link removed]] made up of other science and education experts have now also given the textbooks a thumbs up.
The most effective emails are in your own words, but keep these points in mind when you draft your message:
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Scientists
and
educators,
including
the
state
board’s
own
review
teams,
affirm
that
the
science
textbooks
conform
to
the
science
standards
and
other
requirements
set
by
the
board.
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Textbooks
should
teach
students
the
truth
about
climate
change
so
that
they
can
become
informed
adults
and
voters
who
are
better
prepared
to
address
the
challenges
they
will
inherit.
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Claims
that
these
textbooks
are
attacking
the
fossil
field
industry
are
false
and
just
an
effort
to
hide
from
students
the
overwhelming
scientific
evidence
about
climate
change.
The
board
shouldn’t
play
politics
with
the
education
of
Texas
kids.
📖 Option 2: Submit Comments about the Textbooks 📖
The Texas Education Agency is accepting comments about specific textbooks through October 30 . If you have the time and expertise to evaluate the treatment of climate change in some of the textbooks and comment accordingly, we encourage you to do so!
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Click
here
to
submit
comments
on
any
of
the
textbooks.
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Click
here
to
read
through
any
of
the
textbooks
yourself.
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In gratitude,
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Emerald Belmarez (she/her)
TFN Organizing Strategist
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