It’s been interesting how easily evolution deniers rely on and even promote falsehoods to bolster their attacks on teaching sound science. While live-blogging the Texas State Board of Education public hearing on proposed public school science curriculum standards last week, we noted a good example of this. In case you missed it, we thought we’d […]
Texas lawmakers continue to look for ways to rein in the State Board of Education. One way to do that is by making sure more Texans can witness the board’s extremists at work. That’s why we’re happy that today state Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, filed legislation requiring that the Texas Education Agency provide live video Web casts […]
The Texas State Board of Education has voted to give preliminary approval to proposed new science standards as amended yesterday. The board will take a final vote on adoption of the standards in March. It appears that a number of board members did not want to challenge some of the amendments added to the standards yesterday […]
SBOE Vote Against ‘Strengths and Weaknesses’ Language Represents Major Victory for Science Education Board Still Needs to Clean Up Creationist Language Remaining in Draft Standards FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 23, 2009 The Texas State Board of Education today gave preliminary approval to draft public school science standards that do not include sweeping, scientifically unsound language […]
Today the focus at the Texas State Board of Education is a formal vote on proposed new public school science curriculum standards. During yesterday’s preliminary votes, a board majority refused to reinsert “strengths and weaknesses” — language used to attack evolution — in the proposed standards. Creationists succeeded, however, in inserting language that would have […]
