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Education Board in Texas Faces Curbs
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Apr 13, 2009 04:13am |
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| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Wall Street Journal |
| News Date | Monday, April 13, 2009 10:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Texas state legislators are considering reining in the Board of Education amid frustration with the board's politically charged debate over how to teach evolution.
The board last month approved a science curriculum that opens the door for teachers and textbooks to introduce creationist objections to evolution's explanation of the origin and progression of life forms. Other parts of the curriculum were carefully worded to raise doubts about global warming and the big-bang theory of how the universe began.
While the science standards have drawn the most attention, the 15-member elected board has been embroiled in other controversies as well. Last year, it rejected a reading curriculum that teachers had spent nearly three years drafting. In its place, the board approved a document that a few members hastily assembled just hours before the vote.
Some lawmakers -- mostly Democrats -- say they have had enough. |
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