“Evolution” OK’d in Georgia
AP news is reporting that Georgia’s superintendent of schools, Cathy Cox, is recommending that the word “evolution” be put back into the curriculum (see CNN.com for details).
All I can say is: “HOORAY!”
AP news is reporting that Georgia’s superintendent of schools, Cathy Cox, is recommending that the word “evolution” be put back into the curriculum (see CNN.com for details).
All I can say is: “HOORAY!”
February 6th, 2004 at 15:11
It is not over yet. Cox’s promise to use the term “evolution” hides the fact that the standards still gut the science of modern biology. In fact, Cox hasn’t even admitted that anything is missing beyond “the one word.”
February 6th, 2004 at 16:03
Reed, Thanks for the comment! I will be moving to Georgia at the end of this month and am a very disheartened about the Deparment of Education’s proposed science curriculum. Having earned a Ph.D. in Genetics, it is hard for me to stomach the fact that the Georgia’s Department of Education does not require schools to cover certain topics that are fundamental to the understanding of living systems!
February 6th, 2004 at 17:16
I noticed a few weeks ago that you are going to be moving to Athens, GA. Are you going to be working at the University? (Postdoc? Faculty?)