State Education Board Approves Science Standards
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State Education Board Approves Science Standards
The State Board of Education Friday gave final approval to new science curriculum standards that no longer require educators to teach the weaknesses of theories, including evolution.
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AUSTIN (March 27, 2009)--Texas will no longer require educators to teach weaknesses of all scientific theories, including evolution under new rules approved Friday by the State Board of Education in a 13-2 vote on new state science curriculum standards that will be in place for the next decade.

But in a compromise plan, teachers will be required to have students scrutinze "all sides" of scientific theories, a move criticized by evolution activists.

The vote capped a week of impassioned debate that had scientists, teachers and textbook publishers from around the country focused on Texas.

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