Educators/HomeschoolersA Brief Response to the Kansas Board of Education Decision
Prepared by Krista Kay Bontrager On August 11, 1999 the Kansas Board of Education (BOE) voted 6 to 4 to remove macroevolution and big bang cosmology from the state's science curriculum. The newly revised standards supposedly neither ban "Darwinism" nor promote "creationism". Rather, they deny that any single model be used as a "unifying system" of knowledge. Excerpts from the June 19, 1987 U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on the Louisiana Balanced Treatment Act
"It is equally clear that requiring schools to teach creation science with evolution does not advance academic freedom. The Act does not grant teachers a flexibility that they did not already possess to supplant the present science curriculum with the presentation of theories besides evolution, about the origin of life. FROM THE TRENCHES: An Additional Response to the Kansas Board of Education Decision
by Jody Sjogren, RTB Supporter in Kansas It would probably be an understatement to say that the Kansas State Board of Education's recent decision on the Kansas Science Education Standards has been widely misunderstood. Many in the mainstream media have attacked the Board for "dumbing down science." Kansas' own governor, Bill Graves, has called it "a tragic, terrible, embarrassing solution to a problem that did not exist." Our local newspapers here in Kansas have been covering this debate for months now, often with front-page headlines. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Response
By Kenneth Richard Samples ICR VICTORY AND THEN SOME
By David G. Carta A recent article in Nature proclaimed, "Creationist Victory....'It's a shocking and puzzling decision.... The state lawyers gave away the store. "' A Science article had a kinder title, "Creationism Compromise," but continued in a negative tone. The commentary referred to the recent out-of-court settlement of a suit brought to the Federal District Court by the Institute for Creation Research (ICR). Should Intelligent Design Be Taught in Public Schools?
by Fazale "Fuz" R. Rana, Ph.D. and Hugh Ross, Ph.D. George W. Bush ignited a fire storm of controversy last month when he responded to a reporter's question. Even though he never mentioned intelligent design, many in the media presumed that he endorsed teaching both evolution and intelligent design (ID) in public schools. Supreme Court Rules on Teaching Creationism
by Hugh Ross, Ph.D. "'Creation Science' Banned in Schools," screamed a Los Angeles Times headline. This banner, typical of hundreds that appeared in newspapers and newsmagazines across the nation, parroted by hundreds more radio and television announcers, gave the distinct impression that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled against the presenting of any evidence for creation to students in public schools and universities. Supreme Court Rules on Teaching Creationism
by Hugh Ross, Ph.D. "'Creation Science' Banned in Schools," screamed a Los Angeles Times headline. This banner, typical of hundreds that appeared in newspapers and newsmagazines across the nation, parroted by hundreds more radio and television announcers, gave the distinct impression that the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled against the presenting of any evidence for creation to students in public schools and universities. The Shell Game of Evolution and Creation
by Hugh Ross, Ph. D. The many debates, court cases, letters to the editor, and talk shows on the subject of evolution and creation almost without exception demonstrate the shell game played with the terms creationism, evolution, science, religion, and faith. Educators/HomeschoolersEducators/Homeschoolers |
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