Carter Criticizes Schools Chief on ‘Evolution’ Plan
President Carter, a practicing Christian, assailed a top Georgia education official’s bid to strip the word “evolution” from textbooks in some state schools.
Kathy Cox, Georgia’s school superintendent, has been criticized for suggesting that science books used in the state’s middle and high schools carry the term “biological changes over time” instead of “evolution.”
In a rare public criticism of an elected official, Carter accused Cox of trying to censor and distort students’ education.
“Nationwide ridicule of Georgia’s public school system will be inevitable if this proposal is adopted,” he said in a statement.
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