References & Sources

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.