IT WAS a mixed bag of victory and defeat for science last week when the Texas Board of Education voted on science standards for the state. In a move that pleased the scientific community, the board voted down proposed changes that called for the teaching of the “strengths and weaknesses” of scientific theories – code for letting creationism into the classroom.
But the final decision provides loopholes for creationist teaching. “It’s as if they slammed the door shut, then ran around the house opening windows,” says Dan Quinn of the Texas Freedom Network, a community organisation one of whose aims is…
