Letter: Teaching beliefs instead of science puts students behind the eight ball

It concerns me when board of education members fail to accept middle school standards based the nationally recognized Next Generation Science Standards, preferring to teach “beliefs” instead.Their argument is that we are teaching theories not facts. The “facts” as we know them are based on years and years of research and validation. As science improves, facts may change based on new knowledge and understandings. But to reject current consensus on science puts us at an ex