Access Research NetworkGeorgia school officials ended up not endorsing creationism last week. They restored evolution to the state's proposed curriculum standards, after dropping them earlier. Science educators saw the back peddling as a victory.
Darwinism has encountered several hits in a number of other states this year.
In Ohio, the state Board of Education this month voted 13-4 to approve a chapter called "Critical Analysis of Evolution" in the model teaching guide for 10th grade biology. The guide refers students to Web sites that promote the ID concept. A final vote will occur in March.In Michigan, school officials are looking at proposals which add creationism and Bible study to the curriculum.
In Darby, Montana, a local minister, Curtiss Brickley, proposes to encourage teachers to look at evidence for and against various scientific theories, especially Darwinism.
Missouri Representative Wayne Cooper has introduced a bill, HB911, that would require "equal treatment" for ID and evolution, beginning in 2006. An Alabama bill, SB336, would protect teachers if they taught creationism.
In Minnesota, the latest state science teaching standards may include a minority report. The commissioner of education, Cheri Yecke, believes the decision on whether to teach creationism should be up to each local school district. In Texas, a citizens' group claimed that antievolution members of the state board of education have been telling publishers to correct "errors" pointed out by creationist groups.
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