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Just in case they hadn't beat the issue completely to death, the Kansas Board of Education is once again taking up the issue of teaching evolution vs. creationism intelligent design. This time, however, it looks like reason may prevail.
In the November elections, voters ousted school board conservatives who passed measures in 2005 citing evolution as incompatible with religious doctrine, and questioning the validity of Darwin's theory. The new, more moderate members of the school board plan to keep the science classrooms of Kansas more in line with the National Academy of Sciences -- as opposed to church.
Not surprisingly, the board's decision has angered some, including John West of the Seattle-based Discovery Institute (a think-tank focused on intelligent design), who calls the Kansas school board "so extreme."
I'm siding with Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, who feels that current board's proposed standards "reflect science, rather than a politicized curriculum that miseducates students."
What do you think?
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2-13-2007 @ 4:49PM
Stephanie said...Obviously this is what the people of Kansas want. They chose to throw out the old school board and elect people they knew would overthrow the 2005 measures. Now that we know that the majority of people of Kansas support teaching evolution, maybe they can reclaim some dignity lost in the past 2 years.
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2-13-2007 @ 8:18PM
NR said...Well, considering science requires its findings to be observed and reproduced, it's hard to classify "Evolution" as science. Interpolating sparse "factual" findings over an extremely long time frame with great assumptions doesn't qualify as science.
But, whatever NAS says MUST be right!
-N
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2-13-2007 @ 10:48PM
Heather said...Why don't they teach both? They don't have to say weather they agree or not just say " this is one theory....." "lets look at another theory...."
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2-13-2007 @ 10:49PM
Sandyone said...I was thinking, "They're both theories. Why not just teach them as both and let the kids delve into it to figure out what they believe?"
It's nice to see the local school board idea working, though. (is this a local board? Is there such a thing as a state board of ed?)
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2-14-2007 @ 5:38PM
Ann Adams said...I checked out several sites and it is indeed a State Board of Education.
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