CRITICS say it is creationism by stealth. Ohio’s State Board of Education is attempting to include criticisms of evolutionary theory, which include ideas from advocates of intelligent design, in an official lesson plan for public schools.
In a move that has shocked biologists, the board has given preliminary approval for the lessons to be introduced into the curriculum for tenth-graders aged 15 to 16. Intelligent design theory repackages creationism in non-religious terms to get round a US ban on teaching religion in public schools.
The US National Academy of Sciences and the Ohio Academy of Science have asked the board…
