81. Geotimes October 1999 Political Scene POLITICAL SCENE. October 1999. The Political Lessons of kansas Thepopularly elected kansas State Board of education voted Aug. 11 http://www.geotimes.org/oct99/scene.html

POLITICAL SCENE October 1999 The Political Lessons of Kansas The popularly elected Kansas State Board of Education voted Aug. 11 to enact science education standards that contain no mention of biological macroevolution, the age of Earth, or the origin of the universe—a trio of unifying principles for biology, geology, physics and astronomy. Far from an isolated incident, the Kansas decision is the biggest crest of a third wave of the creationists’ assault on the teaching of evolution. Since the 1960s, the courts have soundly rejected an earlier banning of evolution and the subsequent efforts to win “equal time” in the classroom for creationism. The new Kansas standards, which were drafted with the aid of the Creation Science Association for Mid-America, simply drop evolutionary theory from the curriculum and statewide assessment tests. Just as the near-death experience of the U.S. Geological Survey in 1995 motivated many geoscientists to take greater interest in events on Capitol Hill, so should events in Kansas serve as a wake-up call for geoscientists to get involved in their school boards, town councils, and state governments. In heeding such a call, however, geoscientists need to appreciate the political landscape that awaits them. Democracy in Action?

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84. Kansas Education Board Votes To Bring Back Evolution Theory TOPEKA Reversing a decision that sparked international criticism and 18 monthsof tension, the kansas Board of education on Wednesday approved new science http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/home.pat,local/377521d9.214,.html

Subscriptions Advertisers BACK TO... Home CLASSIFIED ARCHIVES OBITUARIES ... for printing Kansas education board votes to bring back evolution theory Related Sites: Institute for Creation Research Kansas State Department of Education National Center for Science Education By KATE BEEM - The Kansas City Star Date: 02/14/01 22:15 TOPEKA Reversing a decision that sparked international criticism and 18 months of tension, the Kansas Board of Education on Wednesday approved new science standards that emphasize evolution. A feeling of relief settled in the packed meeting room after the vote, but several board members and observers said the debate was far from finished. "I'm really gratified that this chapter is over," said John Staver, a Kansas State University professor and co-chairman of the 27-member committee of science educators who wrote the new standards. But, he said, "the book is not closed." Businessman Dave Raffel of Shawnee, an evolution supporter, said, "This is one step down along a long road that there doesn't seem to be any end to." Critics of the board's vote said the Kansas debate had opened a floodgate that couldn't be closed.

85. Kansas State Board Of Education In August of 1999 the kansas State Board of education voted to eliminate therequirement of testing of students on their knowledge of Evolution. http://www.sunflower.com/~olin/editorial/evolution.htm

The specifics outlined below were partially resolved in the elections of 2000, but the problem has not been removed. As long as there are those whose beliefs cannot withstand investigation, there remains the potential for attempts at control by concealing those differing viewpoints. R.I.P. Education in Kansas Kansas is the laughing stock of the country. In August of 1999 the Kansas State Board of Education voted to eliminate the requirement of testing of students on their knowledge of Evolution. The decision does not forbid teaching of Evolution, but represents an obvious step in the direction of gutting education in favor of the religious beliefs of a minority. While belief in evolution is an individual matter, the only conceivable reason for suppressing that belief is sectarian. The decision and public reactions to it make it clear that the teaching of the Theory of Evolution was already woefully inadequate, and generally misunderstood. A "Theory" is not a guess. Theory is a designation given to an explanation of natural phenomena which is overwhelmingly supported by evidence. Evolution is clearly proved. The existance of gaps in the evolutionary record do not disprove it any more than the millions of gaps in historical records prove that history did not happen. The absence of historical records of Jesus does not disprove His existance.

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87. Skeptical Inquirer: Evolution Returns To Kansas: Board Supports Science Standard with an invigorated proscience movement in kansas behind them Gamble, a moderatewho ran on a pro-science education plank, defeated Board chairwoman Linda http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m2843/3_25/74523971/p1/article.jhtml

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88. Evolution Debate Heats Up Kansas TOPEKA, kansas (AP) A decade ago, the biggest complaint about the kansas Boardof education was that no one knew exactly what it did or who served on it. http://www.trussel.com/prehist/news204.htm

The Japan Times July 31, 2000 By DAVID MILES Evolution debate heats up Kansas TOPEKA, Kansas (AP) A decade ago, the biggest complaint about the Kansas Board of Education was that no one knew exactly what it did or who served on it. A lack of visibility isn't the board's problem now, after its approval last year of new science testing standards that de-emphasize evolution. The decision has become the hottest issue in Kansas politics, with unprecedented attention and spending in the campaigns for board seats. The Aug. 1 primaries are crucial because the makeup of the board could decide the fate of the science standards; five of the 10 board seats will be filled in the November election. Conservative Republicans in 1999 led the board in its 6-4 vote to approve the standards, with moderate Republicans and Democrats dissenting. The standards, which are not mandatory for school districts to follow, play down the importance of evolution and omit the Big Bang theory of the universe's origin. Sue Gamble is challenging incumbent board member Linda Holloway, the board's chairwoman when it made the decision. Gamble says students will be negatively affected by the new standards. "They are depriving kids of information that they need to be competitive at the college level," says Gamble, a member of the Shawnee Mission school board. "A good, solid science curriculum would include evolution."

89. Kansas Board Of Education Removes Evolution From Science Curriculum The kansas Board of education voted Wednesday to delete virtually all referencesto evolution from the state s science curriculum after a yearlong campaign by http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/kan-a13.shtml

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93. AAAS Condemns Kansas Decision And Offers Web Site On Evolution The American Association for the Advancement of Science has passed a resolutioncondemning the recent ruling by the kansas Board of education on the teaching http://www.science-spirit.org/articles/archive_cm_detail.cfm?item_id=164

94. Bush Marks School Integration In Kansas The Brown v. Board of education ruling named attention to his original domesticpriority improving education. From kansas, he was heading to Atlanta for a http://new.blackvoices.com/news/sns-ap-bush-education,0,7571202.story?coll=bv-ne

95. BBC News | Americas | Kansas Rejects Theory Of Evolution The board of education in kansas is accused of taking the state back 100 yearsas it votes to drop Darwin s theory of evolution from the curriculum. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/americas/newsid_417000/417996.stm

Front Page World UK UK Politics ... Help Wednesday, August 11, 1999 Published at 20:52 GMT 21:52 UK World: Americas Kansas rejects theory of evolution Opponents of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution have scored a victory in the United States after the board of education in Kansas voted to drop evolution as a subject in the science curriculum. The State School Board approved by six votes to four a new curriculum that eliminates the teaching of evolution. The BBC's Paul Reynolds: Success for the creationists It offered a compromise instead, endorsing the theory of micro-evolution - which explains changes within a species - but rejecting evolution as a way of explaining the origin of species. The decision is being seen as a victory for the supporters of creationism who believe the world came into being more or less as described in the Bible and who refuse to accept Darwin's teaching as scientific fact. 'Bunch of hicks' ... Evolutionists gave a hostile reaction to the decision, saying that it would diminish the credibility of the Kansas curriculum. Creationists refuse to accept Charles Darwin's theories The heads of all six state universities had earlier written to the board chairwoman, saying the proposal would set Kansas back a century.

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99. Salon News | Trouble In "Holy City" Sept. 3, 1999 OLATHE, Kan. Many Kansans were shocked when they opened theirnewspapers last month to learn that the kansas Board of education had voted 6 http://www.salon.com/news/feature/1999/09/03/kansas/

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