I have messaged in response to the latest American-Statesman article on their site regarding the history of the measured outcome performance of our public schools and the progressive failure that has had for science, policy, political will and society at large over the last four decades. I think we should consider carefully what the end result for American/Texas public education, and general public, of continued pitting of the Ayatolla’s of Human Secularism against the Hagee Ho’s of Creationsim will be. Should we continue to engage this battle indefinitely, without an educational exit from political rhetoric, that leads to success? Will that actually raise the public educational standards, expectations, and ultimately student K&S, in science, math, literacy, etc reversing the current declining trend of the last four decades? Given the scientific data coming in since summer 2007, how much time do we have to correct this failure of socialization, create political will, appropriate public policy and mass action on just one potentially disastrous issue: climate change!? Is the indefinite blocking of a negative going to create the necessary positive changes in our increasingly dysfunctional socialization institutions? We need to revitalize our public schools in major ways, or we’re lost. That obviously includes the complete make over of the SBOE itself, and who sits on it. We elected them!