Mark
02-02-04, 09:23
Georgia Looks at Taking word Evolution Out of Textbooks
Kathy Cox, who is Georgia's State Superindendent of Schools, proposes that the word evolution be taken out of textbooks and the wording "biological changes over time" be put in in its place.
The proposal can be found on Georgia's Department of Education web site. The public will be allowed to comment on the 800 pages of proposed draft revisions to middle and high school standards. The state board of education will vote this May.
Cox calls evolution a "buzzword" and says teachers in conservative areas get a lot of pressure when they teach it. Changing the wording in her view would take such pressure off them. Critics say she is defying science for the sake of politics.
Source: www.cnn.com
Kathy Cox, who is Georgia's State Superindendent of Schools, proposes that the word evolution be taken out of textbooks and the wording "biological changes over time" be put in in its place.
The proposal can be found on Georgia's Department of Education web site. The public will be allowed to comment on the 800 pages of proposed draft revisions to middle and high school standards. The state board of education will vote this May.
Cox calls evolution a "buzzword" and says teachers in conservative areas get a lot of pressure when they teach it. Changing the wording in her view would take such pressure off them. Critics say she is defying science for the sake of politics.
Source: www.cnn.com