All Wet: P.C. in the heartland.

It’s springtime, and political correctness is blooming in Iowa. It takes the form of new Core Curriculum “standards” proposed by the Iowa Department of Education which misinform and manipulate kids. Standard course requirements for schools are not intrinsically bad... (Snip) A more egregious example is Application B on the same page, which instructs students to use what they’ve been taught “and other research, [to] write a letter to your legislator arguing against the sale of DDT to Third World countries when it is banned in the U.S.”

[not arguing the student's position pro or con, but the school's predetermined stance. how does 'indoctrination' not apply?]

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