Here in Atlanta (well right outside, in Newt's old district) a judge has just ruled that Cobb County cannot put a sticker on books saying that evolution is a theory - i don't get that. it is a theory. It is currently the best theory to explain observable facts but it is a theory. So is Einstein's theory of relativity.
Of course I also don't undertand those who cling to the idea that the earth is only 10,000 years old.
Yeah, I didn't really have a problem with the idea behind it other than the language is imprecise. Emphasizing that scientfic explanations is basically "the best we can come up with right now" is probably a really good thing to teach.
But, "Evolution" has been observed and is as such a scientific "fact". Saying, "Evolution is a theory" is just plain wrong. It may seem piddly, but if scientists didn't all speak the same language, nothing would ever get accomplished.
They should have said, "Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection is just a theory" but it doesn't really have the same ring to it, heh.