Wednesday, December 05, 2007

Forrest shares her thoughts on the TEA controversy.


PZ Myers looks at the statement that Barbara Forrest has released since the director of science curriculum in Texas was forced out.

The recent unpleasant affair at the Texas Education Agency, in which the director of the science curriculum, Chris Comer, was pressured to resign, was triggered by Comer forwarding an email announcing a talk by Barbara Forrest. Forrest is a philosopher of science, and one of our leading advocates in the ongoing fight for better science education in the face of the nonsense the creationists are promoting. She's also one of their critics the creationists most fear, so it's not surprising that her name would elicit knee-jerk panic.

Forrest has now issued a formal statement on the termination of Chris Comer. You can download the pdf from NCSE, or read it below the fold. She doesn't pull any punches. Here's a taste, but you really should read the whole thing.

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