Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Modern School: Too Much Evolution For KY Superintendent

Modern School: Too Much Evolution For KY Superintendent:

Too Much Evolution For KY Superintendent


Caricature of Darwin, 1871 (Public Domain)
Evolution, is fine, just like junk food, so long as we aren’t giving our kids too much of it, suggests Ricky Line, superintendent of Hart County Schools in Kentucky. Line wrote to the Kentucky Board of Education to complain about the overemphasis on evolution in the schools.

The Panda’s Thumb blog paraphrased his letter to the school board:
“I have a deep concern about the increased emphasis on the evolution content required in the new End-of-Course Blueprint. After carefully