Ohio board upholds science plan; could face lawsuitBy: Annie Hall
Issue date: 1/11/06
By a
9-8 vote, the Ohio Board of Education retained a science lesson plan that allows for the critical analysis of evolution yesterday, holding open the door for
teaching intelligent design in Ohio's 10th grade classrooms.
Board member Martha W. Wise of Avon introduced a motion to eliminate the controversial plan. She said her concerns with keeping the plan involved the similarities between Ohio's plan and curriculum history and that of Dover, Pa.
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Several members said that both the American and Ohio Academies of Science had sent the board letters objecting to the science curriculum. Seventeen nationally recognized science and academic organizations had done so.
Several Ohio State professors and students were on hand to address the board, but
their participation was held until the end of the meeting, after the vote had been taken.
http://www.thelantern.com/media/paper333/news/2006/01/11/Campus/Ohio-Board.Upholds.Science.Plan.Could.Face.Lawsuit-1323020.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomain=www.thelantern.com Anybody still think that the Dover Pa decision only affects the Dover Pa school district? That judge (appointed by the Chimp!) was a ghodsend.
Can't wait for the Ohio lawsuit! :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: