Board of Education Debate
Transcript and Related Matters

On February 14, 2006 the Ohio Board of Education voted to delete the model lesson plan Critical Analysis of Evolution and the "critical-analysis" portions of the standards. Ohio Citizens for Science has prepared an unofficial transcript of this historic debate and vote:
Transcript

The transcript was based on an mp3 recording made by OCS member Richard Hoppe:
Recording

The transcript refers to a document Analysis of Ohio's "Critical-Analysis" Standard and Lesson Plan, which was distributed to board members at the meeting. It is available here as a pdf document:
Critical Analysis Analysis

During the board meeting, posters prepared by Ohio Citizens for Science were on display. The following page contains these posters, as well as the cartoon commentary of Hank and Tom McIver.
Posters & Cartoon

Posted February 28, 2006
Ohio Citizens for Science
Contact:
Patricia Princehouse
Department of Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH 44106
216-368-8585, patricia@case.edu