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Creationism edges into U.S. high school classes

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Post by SamCogar Thu May 22, 2008 8:32 am

Despite court ban, 1 in 8 high school teachers offer theory in positive way

One in eight U.S. high school biology teachers presents creationism or intelligent design in a positive light in the classroom, a new survey shows, despite a federal court's recent ban against it.

And a quarter of the nation's high school biology teachers say they devoted at least one or two classroom hours to the topics, with about half presenting it favorably and half presenting it as an invalid alternative.

Those results are part of a nationally representative, random sample of 939 teachers who filled out surveys between March 5, 2007, and May 1, 2007 on questions concerning the teaching of evolution. The figures have a 3 percent margin of error.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24761899/

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Post by TerryRC Sat May 24, 2008 6:53 am

My wife's biology teacher wouldn't teach evolutionary theory at all.

She didn't learn the fundamental basis of biology until college.

No wonder our kids have to take high school classes in college.

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