Teachers and science advocates are voicing skepticism about a Maine proposal to update standards to incorporate teaching about genocide, eugenics and the聽聽education. They argue that teachers need more training before introducing such subjects that are both sensitive and nuanced.
While critics of the proposed updates said they are borne of good intentions 鈥 the proposal states that science has 鈥渟ometimes been used by those in power to oppress and abuse others鈥 鈥 they also said that injecting the materials into a middle school science curriculum could distract from conventional scientific principles and could jeopardize science education.
