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: Dispatches from the Culture Wars

Partial Victory in Texas

By Ed Brayton

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The Texas Board of Education approved revised science standards without the "strengths and weaknesses" language in them

The State Board of Education tentatively decided to amend school science curriculum standards Thursday, dropping a 20-year-old requirement that critics say is used to undermine the theory of evolution.

The change in curriculum drops the mandate that science teachers address both "strengths and weaknesses" of scientific theory. It would be in place for the next decade.

A panel of science teachers had recommended that the language be dropped.


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