-Caveat Lector- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:19:58 -0700 Science Standards Vote (AP) - The Kansas Board of Education has approved new standards for teaching science in public schools that critics say strips evolution from its accepted place at the center of biological studies. Republican Gov. Bill Graves called the board's action on Wednesday ``a terrible, tragic, embarrassing solution to a problem that didn't exist.'' The standards are general guidelines for local school boards, which may still decide to teach evolution. But many fear students won't be evaluated on evolution in state assessment tests. More... Also: The Kansas State Board of Education has minutes from the May 11, 1999 meeting in which the science standards issue was discussed. Brown University science professor and textbook author Ken Miller at the National Science Teachers Association convention in Boston, March 26. Miller is one of a number of science textbook authors who have launched a campaign in defense of evolution study in textbooks . ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------- "Your silence will not protect you" --Audre Lorde DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
