Happy / Sad

More on the continuing evolution-in-schools front, sent in by Mr. ReallyTryingToMakeMyHeadExplode.

School Board Approves Biology Text Book Without Creationism

UPDATED: 7:29 am EST February 15, 2005

ELKTON, Md. — The Cecil County Board of Education unanimously approved Monday night “Biology: The Dynamics of Life” as a textbook for next year’s 10th-grade science classrooms.

The decision came after a board member complained that the book made no reference to creationism.

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So, a happy that they decided sensibly.

However, a sad that it was a question at all. And this isn’t in some inbreeder state either–this is Maryland, for Christ’s sake.

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