Evolution teaching guaranteed
January 17th, 2012 by James BarberPersonally I’m immensely relieved that Lib Dems in the coalition Government have ensured rules for ‘free schools’ have been changed to prevent “the teaching, as an evidence-based view or theory, of any view or theory that is contrary to established scientific and/or historical evidence and explanations.”
Effectively this bans creationism and so-called ‘intelligent design’ ‘theories’ from being taught in Free Schools, and prevents creationist groups from opening free schools. This follows a campaign from Lib Dems, the British Humanist Association and leading scientists and science educators including Sir David Attenborough, Professor Richard Dawkins and Professor Michael Reiss.
Phew. A good step back from the nuttier tea-party perspective.
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