Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Elkton Board Appoves Biology Text
WBAL reports from Elkton, Maryland that:
"The Cecil County Board of Education unanimously approved Monday night Biology: The Dynamics of Life" as a textbook for next year's 10th-grade science classrooms. The decision came after a board member complained that the book made no reference to creationism. The board approved the text with the stipulation that Cecil County Public Schools administrators agree to discuss, with the state board of education, a science curriculum change that would allow local teachers to present origin-of-life theories in the classroom. Board members also asked that the school system's media specialist provide students who have questions about mankind's conception with materials that also present conflicts in Darwin's evolution theories."
