By Kristina Torres
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 02/18/05

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta has asked both sides in the Cobb County evolution disclaimers case to meet with a mediator March 1.

The step is an intermediate one as the county school board appeals a federal court ruling banning disclaimers on textbooks that call evolution “a theory, not a fact.”

The court’s request surprised neither Michael Manely, who represents parents who want the disclaimers removed, nor Linwood Gunn, who represents the school board. The two lawyers don’t expect it to come to much, either.

Laura Diamond
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sunday, February 13, 2005

If Georgia wants to improve students’ understanding of science, experts say, the state is going to have to change the way it teaches science. The subject will need to be made more relevant to students and taught by those who have a deep understanding of it. And attitudes toward science will have to change.

“We have to get over this prejudice against science that it is a hard subject that many students will struggle with,” said Ken Townsel, middle school science coordinator for DeKalb County schools. “The younger we reach children, the younger we get them interested and excited about science, the better we will be.”