From the New Scientist:

In meetings to revise science standards in Texan schools, the 15 members of the Texas State Board of Education elected to get rid of wording which has allowed the standing of evolution to be attacked for 20 years in Texan science lessons.

The offending wording invites teachers and students to debate “strengths and weaknesses” of scientific theories. In practice, this was used as a pretext to attack evolution in lessons and textbooks.

Regarding the locomotive image, the author of the image notes:

This was at the train museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Apparently attributable to a School Board in Lancaster, Ohio (page 151 in Freeman Hubbard’s, Encyclopedia of North American Railroading (as cited by M. C. Hallberg.) My stepfather is pretty sure this quote was made up, at the time, as some sort of spoof. Making fun of school board motivations is a timeless joy, I guess.

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