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Science Groups Withhold Papers From Kansas In Rebuke Of Anti-Evolution Standards…


First Posted: 10-29-05 01:26 PM   |   Updated: 03-28-08 02:43 AM

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New York Times:

Two leading science organizations have denied the Kansas Board of Education permission to use their copyrighted materials as part of the state's proposed new science standards because of the standards' critical approach to evolution.

The rebuke from the two groups, the National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Teachers Association, comes less than two weeks before the board's expected adoption of the controversial new standards, which will serve as a template for statewide tests and thus have great influence on what is taught.

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