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"Dump the Big Bang, Bring on the Blue Ox," by Vicki Rosenzweig
As we all know by now, the Kansas Board of Education has voted to drop evolution and the big bang from its mandatory science curriculum. The expectation, of course, is that many schools will stop teaching these subjects since they are no longer on the standard exams. The quasi-reasonable justification for leaving these important facts out of science education is that nobody was there to witness them.
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As we all know by now, the Kansas Board of Education has voted to drop evolution and the big bang from its mandatory science curriculum. The expectation, of course, is that many schools will stop teaching these subjects since they are no longer on the standard exams. The quasi-reasonable justification for leaving these important facts out of science education is that nobody was there to witness them.
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