New Science Standards Approved in Florida

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday February 20, 2008 @05:11AM from the thinking-of-the-voters-not-the-children dept.

anonymous_echidna writes "Florida has voted to accept the new K-12 science curriculum standards amidst a storm of controversy around the teaching of evolution, which had up until now been the scientific concept that dare not speak its name. There was a compromise made at the last minute, which was to call evolution a 'scientific theory', rather than a fact. While some lament that the change displays the woeful ignorance of science and scientific terminology, the good news is that the new curriculum emphasizes teaching the meaning of scientific terms and the scientific method in earlier grades."

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Re:Jesus Fucking Christ by Gordonjcp · 2008-02-20 05:43 · Score: 5, Informative

If they're going to teach the theory of evolution, they should they should at least teach that it's more than a theory!

Evolution *is* a theory. Perhaps they should also teach what "theory" means.