Biology Lesson a Little Too Raw for Mass. Parents

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By Andrew Moseman
Nov 24, 2009 3:41 AMNov 19, 2019 11:56 PM
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Tales of grown-ups trying to ruin science in the schools usually seem to involve anti-evolutionists. But in Massachusetts, science education has clashed with a different force: squeamishness. We here at Discoblog love the yuck factor of science. Can't get enough of it. But for some parents in Sandwich, Massachusetts, a presentation in their kids' 5th grade class went too far. From MyFoxBoston:

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