I’d heard that the education system in the USA is shite but it’s just plumbed new depths. Redefining ‘science’ so that you can call Intelligent Design a proper scientific theory is a particular stroke of stupidity. It’d be funny if it wasn’t so damaging.
It’s evolution in reverse – the creationists won’t be so bloody smug when their blind stupidity evolves them to the point where they suddenly find themselves craving bananas and swinging through trees by their tails!
It’s not all bad news though: take a look at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4417560.stm , the very bottom part – creationist school board members have been replaced by sane people.