Intelligent design rears its head; Evolution and schools.(New attacks on evolution)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: July 30, 2005 | Copyright information

It's subtler than creationism, and may be coming soon to a classroom near you

SOMETIME within the next few months, the Kansas Board of Education will decide whether to allow a form of creationism to be taught in the state's schools. It seems likely to do so. The proposed curriculum changes have been given preliminary approval by the board and were written after hearings dominated by anti-evolutionists.

The changes, which affect the standards used in statewide science tests, include adding the word "may" to the assertion that "gradual changes...over many generations may ...

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