The Religious Right has been fighting explicitly against that for decades on behalf of Republicans. That’s why science has been de-emphasized for pretty much my entire life. That’s also why, under Republicans mostly but with the cooperation of Democrats like Clinton and Obama, education has been reduced to cramming in facts to be regurgitated on high-stakes standardized tests that remove critical thinking from the program. They also serve to punish poor and predominantly Black and Latino schools.
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