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‘Alternative’ textbook banned from Texas school district

Fake Science 101: A Less-Than-Factual Guide to Our Amazing World [1] has been banned by the Houston Independent School District [2], the Houston Press blog Hair Balls reports. Considered an “alternative” textbook by “writer of mysteries and humor” Phil Edwards [3] and described by Business Insider as “The Daily Show” meets “Bill Nye” [4], the 272-page fake textbook sprang from a popular tumblr blog Edwards started two years ago [5] and boasts the tagline, “For when the facts are too confusing.”

“Fake Science” boasts over 46,000 Facebook fans, but an HISD administrator is not one of them. In a memo sent to the district’s teachers, one educator’s request to use the textbook is denied on the basis that it would compromise the district’s integrity [6] and have an adverse effect on students…

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