[IP] : Ga. Official Wants to Replace 'Evolution'

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: "Trei, Peter" <ptrei@rsasecurity.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 13:31:06 
To:"'dave@farber.net'" <dave@farber.net>
Subject: Ga. Official Wants to Replace 'Evolution'

For IP, if you wish.

Peter Trei

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&ncid=519&e=1&u=/ap/20040
130/ap_on_re_us/striking_evolution_3

Ga. Official Wants to Replace 'Evolution'
By DOUG GROSS, Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA - The state's school superintendent has proposed striking the
word evolution from Georgia's science curriculum and replacing it with
the phrase "biological changes over time."

[...]

Superintendent Kathy Cox said the concept of evolution would still be
taught under the proposal, but the word would not be used in the
curriculum. The proposal would not require schools to buy new
textbooks omitting the word evolution and would not prevent teachers
from using it.

Cox, a Republican elected to the post in 2002, repeatedly referred to
evolution as a "buzzword" Thursday and said the ban was proposed, in
part, to alleviate pressure on teachers in socially conservative areas
where parents object to its teaching.

[...]



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