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Recent news regarding science education in the U.S.: “Just 34 percent of fourth-graders, 30 percent of eighth-graders, and 21 percent of 12th-graders are performing at or above ‘proficient’ in the most recent snapshot from the National Assessment of Educational Progress.” This appalling news is very likely related to the fact that 13% of U.S. high school biology teachers actually push creationism in the classroom. And it certainly didn’t help that the full force of the Bush regime was brought to bear against science. This was done to give cover to pollution profiteers and thus feed the greed – apparently the other major religion in the U.S.