The University of La Verne was recognized by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics for its commitment to educate Latino students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, programs through research immersion.
It is done and will be erased from our classrooms forever. Its title will be stripped from every poster and scratched out from every textbook. Pluto has been demoted. It is no longer a classic planet.
Elementary school projects such as making a battery from a potato or a volcanic eruption from baking soda may include science methods that aren’t actually taught, but rather demonstrated.