Saturday, June 04, 2005
Evolution Wars Turning Kids Off to Science
Sandra Lilly of MSNBC News has written an important addition to the reporting on the effects of the war over science education from one of the key battlegrounds -- Cobb County. Lilly writes that students may be the real victims of the evolution wars because the controversy is turning them away from science.
And at a time when the National Science Foundation projects that the number of scientists and engineers reaching retirement age is expected to triple in the next 10 years, [Wes] McCoy [a PhD, who teaches Genetics, Biology and Astronomy at North Cobb High School in Kennessaw, Ga] and others argue that the “evolution wars” are taking time away from their life’s work — making these children excited and prepared — to become the next Jonas Salk or Bill Gates.
