The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere...

[Robin Leech]

And, there may be far-reaching implications regarding biology students
graduating from Kansas who wish to go elsewhere for studies in biology where
evolution is taught.

Robin Leech

----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Rauch <anamaria at GRINNELL.BERKELEY.EDU>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 10:30 AM
Subject: The Yellow Brick Road leads nowhere...


> I hope the children of Kansas don't get lost on the pathway their
> "wise" elders have laid out for them.
>  Peter
>
> For the full text, see:
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/national/081299kan-evolution-edu.html
>
> [Excerpted from]
> Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 08:01:14 -0400
> To: SCIENCE-IN-THE-NEWS at LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG
>
> KANSAS VOTES TO DELETE EVOLUTION FROM STATE'S SCIENCE CURRICULUM
> from The New York Times
>
> CHICAGO -- The Kansas Board of Education voted on Wednesday to delete
> virtually any mention of evolution from the state's science curriculum, in
> one of the most far-reaching efforts by creationists in recent years to
> challenge the teaching of evolution in schools.
>
> While the move does not prevent the teaching of evolution, it will not be
> included in the state assessment tests that evaluate students' performance
> in various grades, which may discourage school districts from spending
time
> on the subject.
>
> And the decision is likely to embolden local school boards seeking either
to
> remove evolution from their curriculums, to force teachers to raise
> questions about its validity or to introduce creationist ideas. Some local
> boards have already said they will consider adopting creationist
textbooks,
> while others have said they will continue teaching evolution.
>