Anti-science science
Don't dilute UC's science requirement
Sacramento Bee
Published 2:15 am PST Thursday, December 15, 2005
Story appeared in Editorials section, Page B8
It is one thing for private Christian high schools to offer courses that, as one textbook says, "put the Word of God first and science second." That is their right, and it is part of the mosaic of educational opportunities that students and their parents have in the United States.
It is quite another thing, however, for those schools to demand that the University of California and California State University systems accept those courses toward admission.
That is exactly what Calvary Chapel Christian School in Riverside County is doing. It and the Association of Christian Schools International are suing to force the state university system to accept credits from religious classes as science. [...] Read the rest at: http://tinyurl.com/7gumz
© Virginia Metze
Sacramento Bee
Published 2:15 am PST Thursday, December 15, 2005
Story appeared in Editorials section, Page B8
It is one thing for private Christian high schools to offer courses that, as one textbook says, "put the Word of God first and science second." That is their right, and it is part of the mosaic of educational opportunities that students and their parents have in the United States.
It is quite another thing, however, for those schools to demand that the University of California and California State University systems accept those courses toward admission.
That is exactly what Calvary Chapel Christian School in Riverside County is doing. It and the Association of Christian Schools International are suing to force the state university system to accept credits from religious classes as science. [...] Read the rest at: http://tinyurl.com/7gumz
© Virginia Metze
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