Yes, the old deceptive practices are still active.

From today:

New bill gives Oklahoma science teachers the freedom to question their textbooks

Note how that OK tv station titled that piece.

Anyway, the story:

The debate over how science should be taught in Oklahoma classrooms is back.

Lawmakers say teachers need more freedom.
The Scientific Education and Academic Freedom Act makes its way on the agenda every year. It gives teachers the freedom to editorialize hot button issues like evolution and climate change.

The author, Representative Gus Blackwell believes science is wide open to a range of theories, while science educators disagree.

“This bill really is misunderstood by a lot of people,” says Blackwell.

Blackwell says the bill’s current language doesn’t mandate teaching creationism in the classroom, but instead gives teachers the right to talk about it and other scientific theories.

“We just say a lot of people say it so it must be true and that’s it and you need to accept it,” says Blackwell.
Blackwell says his law is needed to protect educators who want to explore what he calls controversial scientific issues, like evolution and climate change.

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