| A certain standard of solidarity needs to be established among educators.
If there is a constant conflict regarding curriculum, extreme measures are often the "final word" result.
As such, more of a mystery and or controversy is created over the issue.
By saying that they will still teach evolution and it's relation to genetic mutation, and that humans have evolved from earlier times (taller, older, etc) you aren't eliminating the core of what evolution is about.
By never specifically stating the human beings are directly evolved from some derivative animal life form, the Creationist types aren't dissatisfied.
It all comes down to the missing link. Current classes in New York acknowledge the missing link. Answering it is left for the AP courses in Biology by using evolution for the link-gap. The Theology course uses Creationism in the link-gap. |