Posted on March 31, 2009 by Michael Hawkins
Absolutely not.
For 20 years, Texas science teachers have been required to cover the strengths and weaknesses of Charles Darwin’s Theory of Evolution. Two decades later, that rule has been changed. They traded the curriculum for a new set of standards.
Board of Education member Bob Craig said the new curriculum will require students to use [...]
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Posted on March 19, 2009 by Michael Hawkins
From having a creationist-dentist on the Board of Education to churning out the likes of Dubya* (a prime example of why abortion should be legal) to being an all-around bag of assholes, Texas has a lot against it. State Rep. Leo Berman (R-Tyler) is just another mook on the merry-go-round.
A Texas legislator is waging a [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2009 by Michael Hawkins
Astronomers have detected a lour roar from faraway space.
ARCADE’s mission was to search the sky for faint signs of heat from the first generation of stars, but instead they heard a roar from the distant reaches of the universe.
“The universe really threw us a curve,” Kogut said. “Instead of the faint signal we hoped to [...]
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Posted on January 2, 2009 by Michael Hawkins
Texas actually managed to get something right.
The final proposal for the state’s science curriculum pleases scientists and watch groups, who say it will help protect Texas public school classrooms over the next decade from what they call “watered-down science” — specifically during the instruction of evolution.
Much of the concern over earlier versions of [...]
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Posted on December 4, 2008 by Michael Hawkins
Vermont tops states in health, Louisiana ranks last.
It was the second straight year that Vermont topped the rankings. It was followed by Hawaii, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Utah, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Idaho and Maine.
Louisiana fell from 49th to 50th, replacing Mississippi. Rounding out the bottom 10 were South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Florida, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Nevada and Georgia.
California, [...]
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