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Ohio Excludes Creationism NewsMax.com WiresThe Ohio Board of Education posted a new draft of its guidelines for teaching science Monday, and once again it concentrates on evolution and does not deal at all with creationism or intelligent design. Critics of the theory of evolution plan to try to convince the board to soften the evolution approach so that alternative views can be taught. Board members are still divided over whether the guidelines should include challenges to the evolution theory. Intelligent design argues there is scientific evidence that proves part of Darwin's theory is wrong and supports the idea that a being of some sort must have designed something so vast and so complex. Board Chairman Jennifer Sheets said board members discussed a compromise that would allow criticism of evolution into the guidelines, but the issue is far from settled. The board is expected to vote next fall. The Ohio General Assembly has set a deadline of Dec. 31. Deborah Owens Fink, a board member from the Akron area, said she was disappointed the 41-member group of science teachers and others refused to change their position, taken in an earlier draft. "I don't think they listened to the public input, and that's very problematic from my perspective," she told the Columbus Dispatch. National Science Teachers Association has advised that "policy makers and administrators should not mandate policies requiring the teaching of creation science, or related concepts such as so-called 'intelligent design.'" Newark, Ohio, curriculum director Dana Herreman said all the talk about evolution vs. creationism had diminished the purpose of the guidelines: to educate elementary and secondary school pupils in science. She and others say it does not pay enough attention to the scientific process. "We're being focused on evolution and creationsm to the detriment of what's best for the children in the long run," she said. "What we want are standards that will help children be successful scientists, engineers and citizens." Copyright 2002 by United Press International. All rights reserved.
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