School Science Standards Will Include Creation

Yesterday, the Ohio State Board of Education voted 13 to 5 to approve a standard for 10th grade science classes on how to teach evolution.

The science-model curriculum, an optional set of classroom lectures and activities for science teachers, includes a chapter titled "Critical analysis of evolution" that recommends 10th-graders debate several common critiques of the theory.

Before the vote, there were hours of heated debate and legal threats from the academic and scientific communities. The opponents believe that the lesson plans introduce students to intelligent design, which states that a higher power played a role in the creation of all life.

Some are predicting that the state will be sued for introducing religion into public school classrooms.