Select and copy the text below and paste it into your word processing document so that changes can be made. Several local school boards recently sent a resolution to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania denouncing state imposed standards as an unwelcome intrusion on local control of the curriculum. Please explain your response. Please share with us any ideas you have that would make the public feel that their suggestions are welcome and play a meaningful role in the curriculum development process. The next question deals with how you think teachers should deal with the controversial subject of biological evolution.
Many evolutionists depict creation as a purely religious view.
They maintain that evolution is a virtual fact and that the scientific arguments for the creation theory of origins are invalid. Thus each side considers the other viewpoint as a religious doctrine that is unsupported by science. Please elaborate only on your view of appropriate public school policy without discussing your personal religious views. Teachers should not try to force students to accept one viewpoint of the controversy by means of ridicule or censorship. Teachers should endeavor to expose students to the most persuasive arguments from the most knowledgeable proponents of each side of the debate, and then show students how to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of those arguments.