On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:
> [WS:} Another thought - if they can pass laws that amount to
> censorship of school curriculum, this means that a similar strategy
> can be used against the testing-industrial complex. One idea is to
> pass the "educational choice" state laws that mandate schools to offer
> different alternatives to the standardized testing that students can
> choose from. For example, students can choose a standardized test, an
> oral examination or a project showing mastery of an academic skill
> targeted in the curriculum. Standardized testing is perhaps the most
> blatant example of institutional racism in the US (and I do not use
> this term lightly) - so using the legal system to fight it is
> certainly something to consider.
>
> This could be a winning strategy if the anti-evolution crowd can get
> on board on the promise of having a choice of 'alternatives" to
> evolution.
>
> Wojtek
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