State Education Head Taps "Dinosaurs Were On Noah's Ark" Man To Revise Evolution Curriculum [View all]

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ARIZONA: State Education Head Taps “Dinosaurs Were On Noah’s Ark” Man To Revise Evolution Curriculum

Guy who says dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark tapped to review Arizona's evolution standards

Laurie Roberts, Arizona Republic Published 11:53 a.m. MT Sept. 13, 2018 | Updated 9:07 a.m. MT Sept. 14, 2018

Opinion: State Superintendent Diane Douglas tapped a creationist to review the proposed new standards on how to teach evolution. Only in Arizona, folks.
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Meet the Creationist Helping to Change Arizona School Standards on Evolution

JOSEPH FLAHERTY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 | 7:06AM

Arizona Superintendent Diane Douglas tapped a young-earth creationist to serve last month on a committee tasked with revising the state's science curriculum standards on evolution.

Joseph Kezele, the president of the Arizona Origin Science Association, is a staunch believer in the idea that enough scientific evidence exists to back up the biblical story of creation. Douglas appointed him to an eight-member special working group at the Arizona Department of Education that completed a final review of the draft evolution teaching standards on August 30.

Kezele teaches biology at Arizona Christian University in Phoenix. He advocates teaching his version of "established, real science" in classrooms.

Evolution, he said, is a false explanation for life and should be taught so that students "can defend against it, if they want to."
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Diane Douglas Wants 'Evolution' Removed From Arizona Science Standards, Educators React

By Lauren Gilger, Paige Phelps

Published: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 10:18am
Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 3:39pm