Reporting From the Front Lines of the Texas Evolution Debate

Just hours before the Texas State Board of Education held its final hearings on the science education standards that would be put in place for the next decade, I set my kitchen timer for three minutes. I practiced my testimony among open jars of peanut butter and jelly strewn about from making kids' lunches. Ding. I still had my conclusion to read. What could I cut?

For months I had been slinking around the controversy in Texas. I had gone to ... Full Story »

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Kristin Gorski
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by Kristin Gorski - Apr. 1, 2009

An insightful take by a scientist/science writer who gave testimony in front of the Texas State Board of Education regarding its evolution debate. She makes some interesting distinctions about the debate, and about the separation of church of state in public education.

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