Here’s the latest story I found about Texas schools and evolution. After reading it, I think the religious influence described is trivial compared to what’s happening in “progressive” school districts. (I’m not going to link to or describe in detail what I’m seeing, for fear of drawing unwanted attention, but I’ll send it to you via PM.)
The fundamental difference seems to be that most biology teachers have not signed up for teaching religious fundamentalism and their university training didn’t teach them that ideal but critical theory is deep in the university curriculum for teachers.
Here’s the latest story I found about Texas schools and evolution. After reading it, I think the religious influence described is trivial compared to what’s happening in “progressive” school districts. (I’m not going to link to or describe in detail what I’m seeing, for fear of drawing unwanted attention, but I’ll send it to you via PM.)
The fundamental difference seems to be that most biology teachers have not signed up for teaching religious fundamentalism and their university training didn’t teach them that ideal but critical theory is deep in the university curriculum for teachers.