Kentucky Lawmakers Shocked To Find Evolution In Biology Tests

bbianca127 writes "Kentucky mandated that schools include tests that are based on national standards, and contracted test maker ACT to handle them. Legislators were then shocked that evolution was so prominently featured, even though evolution is well-supported and a central tenet of modern biology. One KY Senator said he wanted creationism taught alongside evolution, even though the Supreme Court has ruled that teaching creationism in science classes is a violation of the establishment clause. Representative Ben Wade stated that evolution is just a theory, and that Darwin made it all up. Legislators want ACT to make a Kentucky-specific ACT test, though the test makers say that would be prohibitively expensive. This is just the latest in a round of states' fight against evolution — Louisiana and Tennessee have recently passed laws directed against teaching evolution."

Comments

Re:Several states

[CanHasDIY]

It's a race for dominance as the stupidest state in the nation.

Most stupid; 'stupidest' is not a word.

I'd say whichever state you received your education from is obviously a front runner in that race...

Re:Moral Orel

[Anonymous Coward]

Asshole

Re:Another perspective

[Curunir_wolf]

The national standard of No Child Left Behind -teach to a test - has failed; which was yet another standard created by a Bible thumping moron.

Actually, No Child Left Behind is mostly just an extension and continuation of Goals 2000, the OBE system created by UN bureaucrats, started by Bush Sr., expanded by Clinton, and finalized by W. The Obama administration has a program to allow states to request waivers from the testing provisions, but it actually imposes even greater control on the schools and administrators in exchange for the waiver. And his plan has all the national curriculum stuff from Goals 2000 and UNESCO as all the programs since the mid-1980's.

So, we need to keep religion completely out of education standard.

Actually, I think this system doesn't really have anything to do that. It promotes atheism, sure, but also a globalist agenda based on world citizenship, reliance on government, and the indoctrination of these principles are raised far above any attempt to provide a real academic education. Rather, it's designed to create a legion of dumb-down human resources ready for employment with multinational corporations and entirely devoid of any critical thinking skills or appreciation of intellectual philosophies. If anything, that would drive people into religion, as they are left devoid of any sense of self, expecting there to always be some authority to turn to. Easy prey for evangelists and snake-oil salesmen.