Unreasonable Faith Forum » Topic: The banning of "Fake Science 101" in Houston http://forums.patheos.com/forums/unreasonablefaith/topic.php?id=3567 A Reasonable Forum on Religion, Science, Skepticism, and Atheism en-US Sat, 25 May 2013 04:38:49 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1 <![CDATA[Search]]> q http://forums.patheos.com/forums/unreasonablefaith/search.php Kodie on "The banning of "Fake Science 101" in Houston" http://forums.patheos.com/forums/unreasonablefaith/topic.php?id=3567#post-43843 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:26:48 +0000 Kodie 43843@http://forums.patheos.com/forums/unreasonablefaith/

"Fake Science" is a really cool and funny tumblr that I follow on facebook (what a weird sentence). The guy published a book called Fake Science 101.
http://fakescience.tumblr.com/
http://fakescience.tumblr.com/post/30318697080/fake-science-101-banned-in-texas

The Houston Press is reporting that the HISD (Houston Independent School District) is banning this book. http://blogs.houstonpress.com/hairballs/2012/08/hisd_fake_science_textbook.php

I received one such request for an alternative textbook "Fake Science 101." I am aware how it would be used, but we are concerned it will reflect poorly on the district. A book like that may be intended humorously, but it is mocking the quality of education in our district.

We cannot have our district ridiculed as a non-scientific one (see many Westinghouse/Intel awardees). This book is not permissable for you to distribute or your students to have. Our textbooks are not "fake" and no textbook should give that impression. It would negatively impact students.

You should check out the Fake Science site anyway. The Houston Press article seems legit (and entirely plausible) but I would like to see more names and citations, and I don't know HISD or Houston and what they try to teach there. Discuss.