Science textbooks back in the spotlight
Lingering concerns about how evolution will be taught in Texas’ proposed science textbooks are expected to resurface on Tuesday in testimony before the State Board of Education.
More than 50 people have registered to speak Tuesday afternoon at the first of two public hearings before the board adopts new textbooks and other instructional materials in November.
The debate will likely pick up just where it ended in 2009 when the board approved new science curriculum standards under a bright national media spotlight. At that point, then-Chairman Don McLeroy declared that “somebody’s got to stand up to experts” on evolution.
A lot has changed in the past four years: McLeroy lost his re-election bid in 2010; the controlling conservative bloc on the board lost its majority; and the State Board of Education lost its grip on the textbooks and other instructional materials that are used in Texas classrooms.
More at http://www.statesman.com/news/news/science-textbooks-back-in-the-spotlight/nZy7X/ .
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