Comments on: Coming: Ten Years of Creationist Science Textbooks? http://beyond-school.org/2008/12/02/texas-creationism-board/ More learning. Less schooliness. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:49:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Public Education - Change.org: Top 10 Actions You Can Take to Make a Difference in Public Education, #1 http://beyond-school.org/2008/12/02/texas-creationism-board/comment-page-1/#comment-7255 Public Education - Change.org: Top 10 Actions You Can Take to Make a Difference in Public Education, #1 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:27:32 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1759#comment-7255 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] I wrote elsewhere last [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] I wrote elsewhere last [...]

]]> By: Reply to Gary Stager’s HuffPo Post on Duncan | Beyond School http://beyond-school.org/2008/12/02/texas-creationism-board/comment-page-1/#comment-7076 Reply to Gary Stager’s HuffPo Post on Duncan | Beyond School Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:39:45 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1759#comment-7076 [...] the Texas Board of Edu-Creationism try to jimmy Genesis into science classes and, worse yet, textbooks nationwide (Texas standards wag the national textbook industry dog: if Texas votes to deny Darwin, all the [...] [...] the Texas Board of Edu-Creationism try to jimmy Genesis into science classes and, worse yet, textbooks nationwide (Texas standards wag the national textbook industry dog: if Texas votes to deny Darwin, all the [...]

]]> By: Secular Extremism: Smart Mob for Evolution Education « relationary http://beyond-school.org/2008/12/02/texas-creationism-board/comment-page-1/#comment-6904 Secular Extremism: Smart Mob for Evolution Education « relationary Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:37:05 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1759#comment-6904 [...] this: enterprising students in cities in Texas, particularly, and other cities nationwide - along with counterparts in Romania, which just mandated a [...] [...] this: enterprising students in cities in Texas, particularly, and other cities nationwide – along with counterparts in Romania, which just mandated a [...]

]]> By: How to “Smart Mob” against Creationism in Textbooks (video) | Beyond School http://beyond-school.org/2008/12/02/texas-creationism-board/comment-page-1/#comment-6855 How to “Smart Mob” against Creationism in Textbooks (video) | Beyond School Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:17:05 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1759#comment-6855 [...] this: enterprising students in cities in Texas, particularly, and other cities nationwide - along with counterparts in Romania, which just mandated a [...] [...] this: enterprising students in cities in Texas, particularly, and other cities nationwide – along with counterparts in Romania, which just mandated a [...]

]]> By: Morgante Pell http://beyond-school.org/2008/12/02/texas-creationism-board/comment-page-1/#comment-6785 Morgante Pell Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:12:09 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1759#comment-6785 Or, maybe, some people are still living in Rome while the rest of us have moved to Florence. Maybe we can finally strike the final match which ignites the smoldering fire within the Roman empire. Or, maybe, some people are still living in Rome while the rest of us have moved to Florence. Maybe we can finally strike the final match which ignites the smoldering fire within the Roman empire.

]]> By: Dillon Decicio http://beyond-school.org/2008/12/02/texas-creationism-board/comment-page-1/#comment-6784 Dillon Decicio Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:57:34 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1759#comment-6784 Glad to hear that someone agrees with the current portrayal of the world by what I interpret as a fair amount of U.S. (and to my knowledge, other countries as well) Schools promotes. <i>Albeit a present difference in... 'enthusiasm.'</i> However, to say I'm distorting the facts it to both distort the context and to admit that the context in question has a distorted sense of reality. (which is fine by me, it's no skin off my back.) Schools typically serve an ethnocentric force as it is; what with being one of the strongest standing still alive unified social bodies left. Why wouldn't it be? Something good <i>could</i> come of this campaign, but I doubt shifting the taxonomy of bodies of knowledge in this fashion will be the cause to the aforementioned effect. Quite simply put, this would be the 'burning foundation of Rome.' <abbr><em>Dillon Decicios last blog post..<a href="http://freelanceinnovation.blogspot.com/2008/11/thanksgiving-day-of-mourning.html" rel="nofollow">Thanksgiving: A Day of Mourning</a></abbr></em> Glad to hear that someone agrees with the current portrayal of the world by what I interpret as a fair amount of U.S. (and to my knowledge, other countries as well) Schools promotes. Albeit a present difference in… ‘enthusiasm.’

However, to say I’m distorting the facts it to both distort the context and to admit that the context in question has a distorted sense of reality. (which is fine by me, it’s no skin off my back.)

Schools typically serve an ethnocentric force as it is; what with being one of the strongest standing still alive unified social bodies left. Why wouldn’t it be?

Something good could come of this campaign, but I doubt shifting the taxonomy of bodies of knowledge in this fashion will be the cause to the aforementioned effect. Quite simply put, this would be the ‘burning foundation of Rome.’

Dillon Decicios last blog post..Thanksgiving: A Day of Mourning

]]> By: Tony Whitson http://beyond-school.org/2008/12/02/texas-creationism-board/comment-page-1/#comment-6783 Tony Whitson Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:00:13 +0000 http://beyond-school.org/?p=1759#comment-6783 There's a huge, and potentially consequential, difference between the 2 chron.com items linked from your post. See http://curricublog.org/2008/11/23/fair-or-balanced/ I expect the troubling Castro AP piece was also in the print edition, and the more accurate Scharrer blog post was not. For the November 19 SBOE meeting, there are now audio files of the whole thing (in seven parts, coordinated with the TFN blog pages) posted at http://curricublog.org/2008/11/26/texas-sboe-evolution-2008nov19/ with linked wiki pages for building up an annotated review of the proceedings, indexed by speaker. <abbr><em>Tony Whitsons last blog post..<a href="http://curricublog.org/2008/12/02/au-texas/" rel="nofollow">Great Summary of Texas Evolution developments</a></abbr></em> There’s a huge, and potentially consequential, difference between the 2 chron.com items linked from your post. See
http://curricublog.org/2008/11/23/fair-or-balanced/
I expect the troubling Castro AP piece was also in the print edition, and the more accurate Scharrer blog post was not.

For the November 19 SBOE meeting, there are now audio files of the whole thing (in seven parts, coordinated with the TFN blog pages) posted at

http://curricublog.org/2008/11/26/texas-sboe-evolution-2008nov19/

with linked wiki pages for building up an annotated review of the proceedings, indexed by speaker.

Tony Whitsons last blog post..Great Summary of Texas Evolution developments

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