singular_me
21st June 2014, 06:23 AM
some of you might want to know....
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The teaching of creationism as science in all existing and future academies and free schools.
The new clauses, which arrived with very little fanfare last week, state that the...
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/church-academies-model-documents
...requirement for every academy and free school to provide a broad and balanced curriculum in any case prevents the teaching of creationism as evidence based theory in any academy or free school.
In the UK, state-funded academies are basically equivalent to charter schools in the United States, and are primarily comprised of high schools. Free schools, which were introduced in 2010, are non-profit making, independent, state-funded schools which are not controlled by a local authority, but are subject to the School Admissions Code. Free schools make it possible for parents, teachers, charities, and business to set up their own schools.
In addition to the new clauses, the UK government clarified the meaning of creationism, reminding everyone that it's a minority view even within the Church of England and the Catholic Church.... more
http://io9.com/teaching-creationism-as-science-now-banned-in-all-uk-pu-1592549647
British Government Finally Bans Creationism From Free Schools And Academies In Secular Triumph
Posted: 19/06/2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/19/british-government-bans-creationism-schools_n_5511010.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
Intelligent design 'not science', says Vatican astronomer
While Cardinal warns of evolution-as-dogma
By Lucy Sherriff, 21 Nov 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/21/id_vatican_not_science/
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The teaching of creationism as science in all existing and future academies and free schools.
The new clauses, which arrived with very little fanfare last week, state that the...
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/church-academies-model-documents
...requirement for every academy and free school to provide a broad and balanced curriculum in any case prevents the teaching of creationism as evidence based theory in any academy or free school.
In the UK, state-funded academies are basically equivalent to charter schools in the United States, and are primarily comprised of high schools. Free schools, which were introduced in 2010, are non-profit making, independent, state-funded schools which are not controlled by a local authority, but are subject to the School Admissions Code. Free schools make it possible for parents, teachers, charities, and business to set up their own schools.
In addition to the new clauses, the UK government clarified the meaning of creationism, reminding everyone that it's a minority view even within the Church of England and the Catholic Church.... more
http://io9.com/teaching-creationism-as-science-now-banned-in-all-uk-pu-1592549647
British Government Finally Bans Creationism From Free Schools And Academies In Secular Triumph
Posted: 19/06/2014
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/06/19/british-government-bans-creationism-schools_n_5511010.html?utm_hp_ref=uk
Intelligent design 'not science', says Vatican astronomer
While Cardinal warns of evolution-as-dogma
By Lucy Sherriff, 21 Nov 2005
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/21/id_vatican_not_science/