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EDITORIAL: Science Curriculum
When scientists and science educators speak about what students need to learn to be prepared for college and careers in the medical or technology professions, state leaders should listen.
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By Edd Doerr
October 9, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this
Your 10/6 editorial, “Science Curriculum”, was right on target. There are surely enough conservative churches in Texas to provide abundant oportunities for the teaching of “creationist” biology to those students whose parents wish that sort of thing. But narrow religious viewpoints have no place in public school science classes. Incidentally, the Texas constitution implies that no public funds may be spent for a sectarian purpose; teaching “creationism” in public schools would seem to violate that stipulation. Edd Doerr, President, Americans for Religious Liberty
By julie blackmon
October 22, 2008 1:56 PM | Link to this
If there is agreement that no Texas public schools should be promoting political and ideological agendas that are hostile to a sound science curriculum or religious-based ideas or those that aren’t substantiated by scientific research don’t belong in science classes as quoted in your article, then there are many teaching areas that would need to be removed, such as the theory of evolution, which is a humanistic RELIGIOUS viewpoint. Truth be told, evolution cannot fully meet the requirements of the scientifc method. How can you “intellectually” delete creationism and not evolution? This article is just another example of biased news reporting that does not validly and fairly produce both sides of an issue and believe that our community has the ability to weigh and decide issues for themselves.