Texas Scientists Say Keep Religion Out of Curriculum
A group of scientists in Texas are urging the State Board of Education to turn back efforts to inject religion into the science curriculum, when the group meets to update school standards. The Houston Chronicle reports:
The group worries that social conservatives on the 15-member board will insist that public schools teach the "weaknesses of evolution." The board plans to adopt new science curriculum standards next year.
..."We should teach students 21st-century science, not some watered-down version with phony arguments that nonscientists disingenuously call 'weaknesses,' " said Sahotra Sarkar, a professor of integrative biology at UT. "Calling 'intelligent design' arguments a weakness of evolution is like calling alchemy a weakness of chemistry, or astrology a weakness of astronomy."