Texas State board to hear testimony for, and against, evolution


	Texas State board to hear testimony for, and against, evolution

reimers

1-21-2009 10:19 PM

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1-22-2009 1:26 AM

ratcatcher2

Bush is gone, isn't he?

Did not Obama say that SCIENCE is back in the US?

1-22-2009 9:51 AM

bignosemousie

The third and final draft says students should be able to "analyze and evaluate" scientific explanations.

Why is this anti-science?

calling for students to study the "strengths and [limitations]" of scientific theories such as evolution

Why is this anti-science?

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