The Arizona State Board of Education has unanimously voted to increase the amount of required science and math courses for the state’s high school students. Freshmen in 2008 will require a third year of math, and those the following year will require a fourth year. That entering class will also have to complete an additional year of science (an increase from two years).
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This is a good thing. Arizona should be applauded for it!
Dave Briggs :~)
And why am I the one stuck in The Dreary World of Dover and Michael Behe? :( I'm so jealous.
And I forgot Rick "Man-On-Dog" Santorum. Sigh.