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6.17.2011

Scholastic For Kids+Coal Industry=Curriculum You Can't Trust

Have you heard about this?  A name that 4 out of 5 parents trust has teamed up with the American Coal Federation (ACF) to create a 4th grade curriculum that teaches our kids about coal, oil, and natural gas.  Okay, fine... I want my kids to learn about energy, Scholastic says so and I trust them, oh wait... the ACF are happy to report that now the coal industry got its stamp of approval by Scholastic and the curriculum is really just propaganda to keep the future generation unknowing of the dirty truths about coal and its affects on the environment and on the health of the many workers of the coal mines.

Wow.

Here's a few links that I found that might make you say, "Wow."

This Is What It Really Looks Like When The Coal Industry Targets Kids


  
"Waiter!  Refill please!"

3 comments:

  1. Ick. Education.. a fast sinking rock in a bottomless water pit. It's Education presented to you by the Highest Bidder!

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  2. Going once... going twice... SOLD!!

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  3. Maybe we should all buy stock in coal, Scholastic, and Texan textbook companies. We'd strike it rich!

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Hopefully I'll need a double shot of expresso by the time I finish reading your comment!

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