Topics: 'Discussion Threads'

November 27, 2006, 2:12 pm

A Place For the Arts?

A bill in the Ohio legislature calls for combining courses in the arts, foreign languages, physical education, and other “specials” into one category of electives for Ohio students, from which they may choose a few required hours. Should the arts be considered as “extras”, or should arts instruction be a core requirement in Ohio’s public […]

A bill in the Ohio legislature calls for combining courses in the arts, foreign languages, physical education, and other “specials” into one category of electives for Ohio students, from which they may choose a few required hours. Should the arts be considered as “extras”, or should arts instruction be a core requirement in Ohio’s public schools?

February 15, 2006, 1:01 pm

A place for Intelligent Design?

What’s your reaction to the recent decision by the Ohio School Board to delete a model lesson that involves science teachers in critiquing the theory of evolution? Should there be a place for “alternate” accounts of the origin and development of the universe and life on earth?

What’s your reaction to the recent decision by the Ohio School Board to delete a model lesson that involves science teachers in critiquing the theory of evolution? Should there be a place for “alternate” accounts of the origin and development of the universe and life on earth?