Pharyngula (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
So what are they doing having their own creationist troubles ? It just goes to show that this isn't just a problem for southern yokels in Florida and Texas — it's an epidemic all over the country. The specific problem in this case is a ignorant kook who has been made director of School Administrative District 59 and has decided to flout the state standards and expectations for science classes. Look...
Pharyngula (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
In the wake of the recent efforts of a School Administrative District in Maine to expel evolution from the curriculum , we now have a pointless poll seeking the vox populi on this badly worded question: "A school board member in SAD 59 wants the topic of evolution dropped from high school science curriculums. Do you agree?" While I agree that a school board member wants to do that, I think the poll...
Greg Laden's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Is a semi-organized effort to 'crash' obnoxious internet polls ethically acceptable? Is it boring? Is it stupid? I sometimes ask myself that question. But it's complicated and will take a while to work out. In the mean time, PZ Myers points out this poll regarding the recent suggestion by a Maine school board member to drop evolution from the science classroom in his district. (Left side bar, two-thirds...
