Reply #8: Ohio Evolution Lesson Plan Eliminated

[Judi Lynn]

Ohio Evolution Lesson Plan Eliminated
Ohio State Board Votes to Eliminate Disputed Evolution Lesson Plan
By CARRIE SPENCER GHOSE

COLUMBUS, Ohio Feb 15, 2006 (AP)— Disputed teaching material used by Ohio public school students that questions evolutionary theory is headed back to the state committee that wrote the first version.

The Ohio Board of Education voted 11-4 Tuesday to delete a science standard and correlating lesson plan that encourages students to seek evidence for and against evolution. Critics had called the material an opening to teach intelligent design, which holds that life is so complex it must have been created by a higher authority.
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The 2002 science standards said students should be able to "describe how scientists continue to investigate and critically analyze aspects of evolutionary theory." The standards included a disclaimer that they do not require the teaching of intelligent design.

The board vote represents the latest setback for the intelligent design movement.
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