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Evolution reaches Florida schools |
 Feb 20 2008, 10:41 AM
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 Vented Out  Group: Administrators Posts: 1,423 Joined: 10-August 07 From: USA Member No.: 8  |
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...8021902397.html
TALLAHASSEE -- Florida education officials voted Tuesday to add evolution to the course work that public schools must teach, but only after a last-minute change depicting the concept put forward by Charles Darwin as merely a theory. The Florida Board of Education voted 4 to 3 to include the language as part of its retooling of the state's science standards for public school education. The board approved clearly labeling every scientific law and theory as such. The standard dealing with biology now says, "The scientific theory of evolution is the fundamental concept underlying all of biology and is supported by multiple forms of scientific evidence." A sound step that will allow Florida students to be able to compete intellectually. Z -------------------- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one should be silent.
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Feb 20 2008, 01:41 PM
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 Vented Out Group: Moderator Posts: 1,076 Joined: 26-August 07 From: Canada Member No.: 37 |
Thank goodness! I'm just truly surprised it's taken this long to become part of the school system in Florida.
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 Feb 20 2008, 05:26 PM
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 Who's your Daddy? Group: Moderator Posts: 2,219 Joined: 13-August 07 From: Tampa Bay Area, Florida, USA Member No.: 11 |
Hey, I'm in Florida!
 Besides, before we jump to any conclusions, we must wait for the re-count! 
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