'it's never been proven,' said Brainerd School District chair Sue Kern. 'So I'm wondering why we're still teaching it.'
several faculty members responded by explaining that the theory of evolution has only become more refined since Charles Darwin publishedKern then offered that teaching evolution could be viewed as incompatible with the religious views of some high schoolers."And then with regard to your Christian students, then—how do you do that? How do you tell them?" she asked."Because they are taught not to agree with that...
As the meeting concluded, the school board voted unanimously to approve Rezac's proposed science curriculum. Kern, a realtor and registered nurse, was first elected to the board in 2012. In a candidate questionnaire in 2016, she vowed"to maintain family conservative values and culture." In a statement to the, Superintendent Laine Larson said Kern's comments"reflect her personal views and [not] the views of the Board of Education as a whole or the Brainerd Public School District."
But this isn't the first time a Minnesota educator has had conflicts with the teaching of evolution: In 1997, Rodney LeVake applied for a job as a high school science teacher in Faribault, about 60 miles south of Minneapolis. When LeVake was told biology classes at Faribault High included Darwin's theories, he demanded the right to teach the biblical Creation story as an equally credible explanation and present"the difficulties and inconsistencies of the theory" of evolution.
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