By Selwyn Duke

The Scientific Method, originated 400 years ago, is a major reason we have our modern world, with its high technology, long lifespans, robust populations, and luxuries. Given this, you’d think its place in education would be secure.

You’d be wrong.

In fact, it had been completely removed from the North Carolina K-12 Science Standards, supplanted by something called “Science and Engineering Practices” (SEP). And with what, precisely, does SEP replace the Scientific Method (SM)?

Computer models, according to reports.

Hey, what could possibly go wrong?

The good news: The SM has since been restored in North Carolina’s schools, thanks to the efforts of one concerned scientist. But here’s what many may find distressing:

Of the 14,000 “inputs” N.C. officials received about the curriculum, that lone scientist, physicist John Droz, was the only one who complained about the SM’s nixing.

What’s more, the battle against this attack on science is just beginning. For the pedagogy of which SEP is a part, “Next Generation Science Standards” (NGSS), is being embraced by education bureaucracies in 45 states.

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