April 21, 2017      5:39 PM
Everyone claims victory in the culture war around evolution
Face saving all around in a new version of science standards
The State Board of Education offered up a
last-minute revision to a controversial science standard that appeared to give
both sides in the evolution debate the ability to save face.
Today was third reading in streamlining the science
standards. For much of the discussion earlier in the week, the debate was
whether to replace the word “evaluate” in a standard related to the study of prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells. This the closest the high school biology curriculum comes
to the discussion of evolution the validity of evolution.
By Kimberly Reeves
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