Hope crushed
So, I was feeling a little hopeful after the recent decision regarding the evolution stickers. (And if you follow links in that earlier post, you can walk back through all my rants about this.)
Well, that tiny bit of hope is crushed by the NY Times today: Evolution Takes a Back Seat in U.S. Classes
In districts around the country, even when evolution is in the curriculum it may not be in the classroom, according to researchers who follow the issue.
Teaching guides and textbooks may meet the approval of biologists, but superintendents or principals discourage teachers from discussing it. Or teachers themselves avoid the topic, fearing protests from fundamentalists in their communities.
Remember when God was dead, and only the ignorant were weeping?
Trish
