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I'm Brooke Gladstone.

And I'm Bob Garfield.

A battle over religion and science policy ended last Friday with the Texas Board of Education voting to change its standards for the science curriculum, which includes biology, which includes

evolution, which means...

A final vote is expected today on new rules concerning the teaching of evolution in Texas public

schools.

A decision that could impact what your children learn in science class.

For 20 years, Texas has required teachers to explore the, quote, strengths and weaknesses of

scientific theories.

But critics argue that the phrase blurs the line between church and state.

The Texas Board of Education voted to do away with the Strengths and weaknesses clause, a

clause many argued, permitted the teaching of creationism by playing up the so-called

weaknesses of Darwin's theory. But Chairman Don McElroy, who has publicly declared that the universe is just

10,000 years old, gave an impassioned speech in the hearing, arguing that he had scientific evidence

that evolution is flawed and that these flaws should be highlighted in the hearing arguing that he had scientific evidence that evolution is flawed

and that these flaws should be highlighted in the science curriculum.

It's not complicated. It doesn't take mathematics. I disagree with these experts. Somebody's got to stand up to experts.

And so they amended the standards to encourage students to analyze, quote, all sides of

scientific theories. Seems fair, but... The devil is in the details.

Eugenie Scott is executive director of the National Center for Science Education.

The standards that were adopted are going to be used just like the previous standards to try to

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