Good news for everyone worried that logic was coming to Texas education!
A committee of Texas volunteer textbook reviewers (because this is how Texas works) looked over proposed science textbooks submitted for use throughout the school system and found what they allege are twenty factual errors. The most egregious textbook in question comes from Pearson Education, one of America's largest publishers, who--crazy as this sounds--has highly educated experts in their field write those textbooks, not a parent with some free time and a red pen in hand.
The volunteers brought forth this matter to the Texas Board of Education, which was in the process of making final decisions on science textbooks. The alleged errors range from how long it took the Earth to cool and issues regarding climate change, to natural selection with how species evolve.
Reviewers claim facts regarding climate change haven't been settled concretely enough by scientific research, while natural selection is suspect because "selection operates as a selective but not a creative force." It's kind of like how the United States sometimes wishes it was more creative in selecting Texas as a state all those years ago.
The Board directed three of its members to select a trio of experts to further analyze the textbook and return with their opinion on the facts for January's Board meeting.
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