Via Jon Voisey of the Angry Astronomer we find that the Ouachita Parish School Board slipped in language that would allow the teaching of Intelligent Design in science classroom.
Where topics are taught that may generate controversy (such as biological evolution), the curriculum should help students to understand the full range of scientific views that exist, why such topics may generate controversy, and how scientific discoveries can profoundly affect society.
Source: Ouachita board OK's academic freedom' in classroom - The Shreveporttimes.com
Jon writes:
If the actual wording of this is upheld, then I think it would be rather innoculous. I fully support the teaching of the "full range of scientific views". But the key word there is scientific.
Unfortunately, I suspect that my definition of science (you know... involving the scientific method and all) is quite different from there's (uses lots of big words we don't know but tells us what we want to hear).
This news means that the clock is ticking on a lawsuit. My bet is three months.
