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TFN President Kathy Miller: Texas Kids, Sound Science Education Triumph in SBOE Vote

New Instructional Materials Teach Sound Evolutionary Science

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 22, 2011

Today the State Board of Education voted to adopt the Texas education commissioner's recommended list of science instructional materials. Special interest groups and activists off the state board failed in their efforts to force publishers to change their instructional materials to include arguments against evolutionary science. In addition, the board voted unanimously to reject the adoption of instructional materials from a New Mexico-based vendor that promoted "intelligent design"/creationism.

The following statement is from TFN President Kathy Miller:

"Today we saw Texas kids and sound science finally win a vote on the State Board of Education. Now our public schools can focus on teaching their students fact-based science that will prepare them for college and a 21st-century economy. And our schoolchildren won't be held hostage to bad decisions made by a politicized board that adopted flawed science curriculum standards two years ago. Moreover, today we saw that the far right's stranglehold over the state board is finally loosening after last year's elections. That's very good news for public education in Texas."

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