Religions > Atheism > Maryland: Textbook's Approval Postponed So School Board Can Read It
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"Jason Spaceman" |
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17 Dec 2004 05:55:15 PM |
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Maryland: Textbook's Approval Postponed So School Board Can Read It |
From the article:
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ELKTON, Md. -- School officials in northeastern Maryland plan to read a biology
book before voting to approve it.
Cecil County Schools Superintendent Carl Roberts has withdrawn his
recommendation for a 10th-grade biology book after a school board member
complained he saw no reference to creationism in the text.
The Associated Press reported Friday that Roberts postponed a vote on the book
that teaches evolution until after board members have a chance to read it. The
book has cleared the district's standard process of textbook approval, winning
the approval of 95 percent of the district's Textbook Review Council -- a
committee composed of 50 parents, teachers and administrators.
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Read it at http://www.thewbalchannel.com/education/4006809/detail.html
J. Spaceman
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| User: "Chris S." |
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| Title: Re: Maryland: Textbook's Approval Postponed So School Board CanRead It |
17 Dec 2004 09:06:01 PM |
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Jason Spaceman wrote:
From the article:
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ELKTON, Md. -- School officials in northeastern Maryland plan to read a biology
book before voting to approve it.
Cecil County Schools Superintendent Carl Roberts has withdrawn his
recommendation for a 10th-grade biology book after a school board member
complained he saw no reference to creationism in the text.
The Associated Press reported Friday that Roberts postponed a vote on the book
that teaches evolution until after board members have a chance to read it. The
book has cleared the district's standard process of textbook approval, winning
the approval of 95 percent of the district's Textbook Review Council -- a
committee composed of 50 parents, teachers and administrators.
Seems reasonable. You need a little fanciful religious ideology to
balance out all that boring "science". In fact, he should go a step
further and with-hold his approval until references to the evolutionary
theory are removed. If you're going to support a baseless theory like
Creationism, you might as well also discount all the theories those
pesky scientists keep finding "evidence" for. Damn scientists...
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