The Texas School Board Is Having Another Crisis Over Evolution In Textbooks

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http://www.businessinsider.com/texas-school-board-debate-on-evolution-2013-11



AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The long-simmering battle over teaching evolution in Texas boiled over at a late-night meeting, as the Board of Education extended preliminary approval of new science books for use in classrooms across the state but held up one biology text because of alleged factual errors.

With midnight looming, some of the state education board members singled out a textbook by Pearson Education, one of America's largest publishers, on Thursday. Many of the 20 concerns pertained to the theory of evolution. After a lengthy debate that got testy at times, the board voted to have three of its members pick a trio of outside experts to further scrutinize the book.

If the issues can be resolved, it will win approval. But if not, it will be returned to the board for consideration at its January meeting.

Textbook and classroom curriculum battles have long raged in Texas pitting creationists — those who see God's hand in the creation of the universe — against academics who worry about religious and political ideology trumping scientific fact. At issue this time are proposed high school textbooks that could be used statewide starting next school year and through 2022 at least.



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1. That's Miller and Levine's book

It is better than Postlethwait (Harcourt) . My oldest daughter used Miller and Levine in 10th grade. My younger daughter used Postlethwait when she homeschooled Biology with me. I have the Teacher's Edition of Miller and Levine. It is an excellent text (Postlethwait is not bad either). I wonder if Miller's open advocacy of evolution and his debates against "intelligent design" are causing some sort of retribution. As we know from Kitzmiller these folks don't spend much time with the actual science - just spend their time counting the number of times that Darwin, natural selection, and evolution are mentioned in the textbook (hint for them PDF searches are your friends).