{"id":726,"date":"2006-03-12T10:44:45","date_gmt":"2006-03-12T14:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=726"},"modified":"2009-02-04T17:42:43","modified_gmt":"2009-02-04T22:42:43","slug":"textbook-debate-still-evolving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=726","title":{"rendered":"Textbook debate still evolving"},"content":{"rendered":"

Folks in Brevard County need keep an eye on this textbook issue. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a done deal yet as school board member Amy Kneessy makes clear.<\/p>\n

Textbook debate still evolving<\/a><\/p>\n

Brevard County School Board member Amy Kneessy wants the school district to adopt a biology textbook that includes passages on divine creation and intelligent design, going against a district committee\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unanimous recommendation.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so innocuous,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said of the text. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153To me, those two paragraphs belong there.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

The school board is scheduled to vote Tuesday to adopt new elementary and secondary science textbooks, which were recommended by a committee of teachers, administrators and parents who spent months reviewing dozens of state-approved books.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

But Kneessy said choosing curriculum and textbooks are among board members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 top responsibilities.<\/p>\n

She thinks the passages in question simply provide cultural context, integrating social studies and science without promoting alternatives to evolution. Her position doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t go as far as recommending that Biblical creation or intelligent design be taught, she said.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need to stop being so hypersensitive about this subject,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d she said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re making the subject taboo, and I think that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s wrong.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here is Kneessy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s information should you wish to express your concern about her comments.<\/p>\n

DISTRICT 3 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Amy Kneessy \u00e2\u20ac\u201d (2004-2008)
\n285 Satellite Avenue, Satellite Beach, FL 32937
\n779-8198\/631-1911 ext. 412
\nkneessya@brevard.k12.fl.us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Folks in Brevard County need keep an eye on this textbook issue. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a done deal yet as school board member Amy Kneessy makes clear. 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