Teacher under fire for showing Gore film without rebuttal

With the educational debate over evolution subsided for now after several court rulings that "intelligent design" did not qualify as a science acceptable for classroom instruction, some have switched battlefields. Full Story »

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Rory O'Connor
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by Rory O'Connor - Oct. 1, 2008

This story uses a molehill--one parent's complaint about "An Inconvenient Truth" being shown in a middle school- to write about the mountain of climate change. The author would have been better off finding a different news peg--or else waiting for a real one to come along before writing. Still, the piece makes some good points, and includes one quote that is highly relevant: "It's very difficult to find materials on the other side of the debate that are science-based," Gentry said. "That comment's going to get me into trouble, but it's true."

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