Ohio devolves. (Devil In The Details).(teaching evolution and creationism in public schools)(Brief Article)

WE'VE BEEN HEARING MUCH talk lately about the "great divide" between Europe and the United States but very little about one defining difference: Europe doesn't have a Creationist problem. Back in 1999, though, there was great overseas merriment after the Kansas Board of Education decided to excise evolution from its state science curriculum.

The Creationist divide may be popping up again now that the Ohio Department of Education has unanimously voted for science standards that would let students "investigate and critically analyze" the theory of evolution. ...

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