It is the obligation of our k-12 educational system to present the best possible science we know.
It is NOT the obligation of k-12 education to present every opposing fringe scientific theory.
If those opposing theories became the mainstream scientific consensus, THEN they ought to be what is taught.
I have a wide variety of theories about US history that are NOT part of the commonly perceived views about history.
When I teach history I do NOT impose my radical theories about history on the kids.
When those kids are old enough (say in college) THAT IS THE PLACE where such contrarian POVs ought to be offered.
again, there's no "contrarian" issue here. 97% of Climate Scientists accept AGW as true.
You're probably referring to the "97% consensus" claim. It's a myth. Close examination of the source of the claimed 97% consensus reveals that it comes from a non-peer reviewed article describing an online poll in which a total of only 79 climate scientists chose to participate. Of the 79 self-selected climate scientists, 75 agreed with the notion of AGW. Thus, we find climate scientists once again using dubious statistical techniques to deceive the public that there is a 97% scientific consensus on man-made global warming; fortunately they clearly aren’t buying it.
Let’s not lose sight of what the Doran poll asked:
1. When compared with pre-1800s levels do you think that mean global temperatures have generally risen, fallen, or remained relatively constant?
2. Do you think human activity is a significant contributing factor in changing mean global temperatures?
Of course, the answer to #1 is “risen”, if you consider “pre-1800″ to be around 1800 or a couple of hundred years of so before, because we were in the little age age, and there’s little doubt we have warmed since that time.
The answer to number #2 depends largely on the definition of significant. If man caused 10% of the rise in temperature since 1800, that would be 0.06 degrees. That would be "significant," but who would get excited about it?
And of course, warmers seem to treat a risen/yes reply to this poll as affirmation of catastrophic AGW projections, which may not be intended.
Even the Oil companies, who were responsible for much of the Denial Movement, have stopped denying it.
Oil company executives stick their finger in the wind and say whatever they think will get the politicians off their backs.
So here's what's really bothering you and other whacks on the right. That the education system is going to form people's opinions on this before Talk Radio and the oil companies can.
Yes, it bothers me that government schools are going to brainwash kids with ideas that are clearly wrong. I realize you aren't bothered by that. You are a liberal, after all.