Lies Told

A story & a letter to the editor in the TU today, Thursday, Dec. 6 had the unfortunate effect of getting a few of my grey cells moving.  The story was one by Deirdre Conner of the TU concerning the continuing battle of evolution in schools.  (Don’t ask me why the battle is still on)  It tells of an ousted educator who was chosen to be the new K-12 chancellor of education (why a person like this was picked in the first place is beyond me) who happened to be a creationist.  There were worries that his influence would try to “water down the teaching of evolution.”  I think this a fair concern.  In 2005, the story goes, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute gave Florida an F grade in science education. (A bit about that later) The good news is that grades were improved & science was vindicated.