The Board of Education has taken a shot at making the state’s curriculums a little more scientific. Starting in 2008, State Assessment Tests will require students to know that Darwin’s theories have been placed under much doubt due to evidence obtained in fossils and molecular biology. Contrary to the desire of many to teach Evolution as “More than a theory,” teachers will now find themselves having to teach that the origins of life may not lie where they’ve been previously teaching.

In 7th grade I learned that theories remain theories until proven with empirical (measurable), repeatable results. I also learned that Louis Pastuer proved life could not come from non-living things. A few chapeters further on in the book, they told us that life came from non-living things in some big bang. Now people want to call a theory they’ve been trying to prove for decades (with no success) “more than a theory?”

Kudos to Kansas, though it’s a crying shame that so many people are bellyaching about requiring teachers to not teach an unproven theory (and one that is based on Spontaneous Generation–which was proven false over a hundred years ago) as fact.

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