Friday, February 17, 2006
Finally, Some common sense
I am so glad to see some common sense being used instead of the fundamentalist rhetoric that has been very much a part of the governing officials plans for the last few years. We have a president who picks and chooses what science results are allowed to be published and a populace that seems to want to change the US into the next Theocracy just like many of the fundamentalist Islamic countries.
The Ohio school board voted Tuesday, Feb 14 to eliminate a passage in the state’s science standards that critics said opened the door to the teaching of intelligent design.
The Ohio Board of Education decided 11-4 to delete material encouraging students to seek evidence for and against evolution.
The 2002 science standards said students should be able to “describe how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory.” The standards included a disclaimer that they do not require the teaching of intelligent design.
The Ohio school board voted Tuesday, Feb 14 to eliminate a passage in the state’s science standards that critics said opened the door to the teaching of intelligent design.
The Ohio Board of Education decided 11-4 to delete material encouraging students to seek evidence for and against evolution.
The 2002 science standards said students should be able to “describe how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory.” The standards included a disclaimer that they do not require the teaching of intelligent design.
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