| Kansas cuts
evolution from curriculum
The Kansas Board
of Education voted to remove evolution from the state’s required
curriculum, leaving scientists and science teachers fearful for students’
futures.
Further Readings:
Raloff, J. 1996. When science and beliefs collide.
Science News 149(June 8):360.
______. 1982. They
call it creation science. Science News 121(Jan. 16):44.
Sources:
Helen M.
Alexander
University of Kansas
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Lawrence, KS 66045-2106
Molleen
Matsumura
National Center for Science Education
P.O. Box 9477
Berkeley, CA 94709-0477
Kevin Padian
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Integrative Biology
3060 Valley Life Sciences Building, #3140
Berkeley, CA 94720-3140
Brad Williamson
Olathe East High School
14545 West 127th Street
Olathe, KS 66062
Tom F. Willis
Creation Science Association for Mid-America
22509 State Line Road
Cleveland, MO 64734
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 8, August 21, 1999, p. 117. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |