Ohio School Board Eliminates Disputed Evolution Language
An AP newswire article by Carrie Spencer-Ghose, via USA Today, reports that:
The Ohio school board voted Tuesday to eliminate a passage in the state's science standards that critics said opened the door to the teaching of intelligent design.
The Ohio Board of Education decided 11-4 to delete material encouraging students to seek evidence for and against evolution.
The 2002 science standards said students should be able to "describe how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory." The standards included a disclaimer that they do not require the teaching of intelligent design.
The board vote represents the latest setback for the intelligent design movement, which holds that life is so complex it must have been created by a higher authority.
posted by Fergie @ 2/14/2006 03:22:00 PM
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