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From today's news: CBS/AP) The Kansas Board of Education voted 6-4 to
include greater criticism of evolution in its school science standards,
but it decided to send the standards to an outside academic for review
before taking a final vote.
For the rest of the article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/10/national/main769544.shtml
I think the part where a school board member argues that because public
funds are used in public schools, this debate has a place in the school
system is especially troubling for publicly funded science museums.
Diane Gutenkauf
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