February 21, 2008


education, florida style

The Florida Board of Education officially upheld evolution yesterday. The board didn’t quite mean to do that, of course. In a 4-3 vote, the Board accepted a proposed curriculum that replaced all references to evolution with the phrase “the scientific theory of evolution.” In so doing, the board inadvertently made evolution central to public school science education, and also, almost incidentally, mandated education on just what constitutes a “scientific theory.” Until now, Florida’s schools weren’t required to teach evolution. The old curriculum guidelines didn’t even mention it by name.

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posted by Deron Bauman in education, religion, science 

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2 Responses to “education, florida style”

  1. Jeff Ventura on February 21st, 2008 at 1:49 pm

    Sad that this is even ‘news’.

    Welcome to the 20th century, Florida.

  2. Daryl Scroggins on February 21st, 2008 at 8:00 pm

    I love it when stupid people discover that stupidity is reflexive.

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