Texas Vote May Challenge Teaching of Evolution

tboulay writes "The Texas Board of Education will vote this week on a new science curriculum designed to challenge the guiding principle of evolution, a step that could influence what is taught in biology classes across the nation. The proposed curriculum change would prompt teachers to raise doubts that all life on Earth is descended from common ancestry. Texas is such a large textbook market that many publishers write to the state's standards, then market those books nationwide. 'This is the most specific assault I've seen against evolution and modern science,' said Steven Newton, a project director at the National Center for Science Education, which promotes teaching of evolution." Both sides are saying the issue it too close to call. Three Republicans on the school board who favor the teaching of evolution have come under enormous pressure to reform their ways.

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Funny how Texas came to be part of the Union.

[FatSean]

Government official lied that Mexico was launching attacks on the US from that area...and so the US Army went in and took over what we now call Texas.

Too bad those attacks were fabricated.

Maybe Iraq will become our 51st state. Just thought it was interesting in that Bush came from Texas.

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[tsa]

Feynman had something to say about everything. He is the most overhyped scientist of the 20th century.

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[Arthur Grumbine]

Are you the one that modded all my posts Troll in the course of 3 minutes? With a UID so low I would suspect you have at least a couple other accounts...

Well played, sir. Well played. Indeed, your extremely rational arguments have utterly destroyed me, and simultaneously enlightened me about the non-existence of my ideas. I lay myself at the mercy of your "real world" experience.

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[Ashriel]

Fundamentalists accept the Bible as literal truth

I know - scary, isn't it?