Evolution Being Skipped in the Classroom – NY Times

Here’s a disturbing story in the Feb. 1 edition of the New York Times — "Evolution Takes a Back Seat in U.S. Classes," by Cornelia Dean:

In districts around the country, even when evolution is in the curriculum it may not be in the classroom, according to researchers who follow the issue.

Teaching guides and textbooks may meet the approval of biologists, but superintendents or principals discourage teachers from discussing it. Or teachers themselves avoid the topic, fearing protests from fundamentalists in their communities.

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