Kansas’ Evolutionary Battle

The Chronicle: Kansas’ Evolutionary Battle

STANDING BY EVOLUTION: Kansas colleges do not plan to change how they teach science, despite a decision this month by the State Board of Education to alter science standards in elementary and secondary schools to include a critique of evolutionary theory.

While most observers expect that the new standards will be overturned before they are scheduled to take effect, in 2007, college administrators, including the chancellor of the University of Kansas, continue to speak out against the changes and their concern that the board’s vote will tarnish the reputation of science in Kansas..

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