Abrams then, with the help of members of a creationist group, rewrote the guidelines without the two pages on evolution and deleting the big bang theory , too. It's ironic that the new federal standards, which were intended to help the United States' poor performance in science compared to the world, opened the door to the erosion of education standards. The change will more than likely force students not taught evolution to take remedial classes in college. This costs students, colleges and government education departments money and time. Apparently, since most courts have ruled that forcing creation science down the throats of school children is unconstitutional, their answer is to remove something from the curriculum.
Evolution is a central tenet of biology.
Not teaching it is similar to not teaching verbs in an English class. The change is an injustice to the afflicted students. It's important to realize that this is but one incident in a growing tide. Of course, most battles fought between the two forces occur at the local level, usually in areas denied national news coverage except on the slowest news day. A ban here and a loophole there, and suddenly, when Johnny wants to go to university in the big city, he finds he doesn't meet the admissions requirement.