Fact Check: No, the Texas Board of Education Has Not Authorized "Creationism" in Its Science Standards

The Texas State Board of Education met this past week to discuss the streamlining of its science standards, greeted by much news attention -- unfortunately, much of it wrong.

Contrary to misleading media claims, the standards as currently streamlined have nothing to do with injecting either intelligent design or creationism into Texas classrooms. Instead, they focus on teaching the existing curriculum in a way that promotes good science and critical thinking.

As the Fort Worth Star-Telegram...