Montana students balk at 'just the facts'

Alex Sakariassen

Montana Free Press

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Helena middle and high school students gave lawmakers a crash course in science Monday.

Testifying before the Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee, they sought to explain how a bill restricting public school science curriculum to “scientific fact” that is “observable and repeatable” would put them at an academic dis...