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CBS News | Kansas Educators Debate Evolution | May 6, 2005 10:00:03
kansas education officials began four days of triallike hearings to Science groups are boycotting the hearings, held by a Board of education
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Extractions: Biology Teachers Critics of evolution are supplying students with prepared questions on such topics as: The origins of life. Why do textbooks claim that the 1953 Miller-Urey experiment shows how life's building blocks may have formed on Earth - when conditions on the early Earth were probably nothing like those used in the experiment, and the origin of life remains a mystery? Darwin's tree of life. Why don't textbooks discuss the "Cambrian explosion," in which all major animal groups appear together in the fossil record fully formed instead of branching from a common ancestor - thus contradicting the evolutionary tree of life? Vertebrate embryos. Why do textbooks use drawings of similarities in vertebrate embryos as evidence for common ancestry - even though biologists have known for over a century that vertebrate embryos are not most similar in their early stages, and the drawings are faked? The archaeopteryx. Why do textbooks portray this fossil as the missing link between dinosaurs and modern birds - even though modern birds are probably not descended from it, and its supposed ancestors do not appear until millions of years after it?
Open Letter
The addresses, phone, fax, and emails for the kansas School Board can be I think that part of education is to expose people to different schools of
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Extractions: OPEN LETTER TO KANSAS SCHOOL BOARD I am writing you with much concern after having read of your hearing to decide whether the alternative theory of Intelligent Design should be taught along with the theory of Evolution. I think we can all agree that it is important for students to hear multiple viewpoints so they can choose for themselves the theory that makes the most sense to them. I am concerned, however, that students will only hear one theory of Intelligent Design. Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. It was He who created all that we see and all that we feel. We feel strongly that the overwhelming scientific evidence pointing towards evolutionary processes is nothing but a coincidence, put in place by Him. You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. For your interest, I have included a graph of the approximate number of pirates versus the average global temperature over the last 200 years. As you can see, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature. In conclusion, thank you for taking the time to hear our views and beliefs. I hope I was able to convey the importance of teaching this theory to your students. We will of course be able to train the teachers in this alternate theory. I am eagerly awaiting your response, and hope dearly that no legal action will need to be taken. I think we can all look forward to the time when these three theories are given equal time in our science classrooms across the country, and eventually the world; One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence.
A History Of Atchison Kansas City Schools (written In 1893)
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Extractions: (Topeka, Kan. : Hamilton Printing Company : E. H. Snow, state printer, 1893) HISTORY AND GROWTH OF SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES No history of this county was prepared by the proper officer. The history of the schools in its largest city, which follows, was written by Supt. J. H. Glotfelter. June 3, 1867, the city schools were organized under the law creating "boards of education" in cities of the second class; and Wm. Scoville, Wm. C. Smith, M. L. Gaylord, L. R. Elliott, John A. Martin, Julius Holthaus, Geo. W. Gillespie and Jacob Poehler were the first board. Other buildings have been erected as the growth of the city has warranted, until there are now six well-arranged brick structures; three of six rooms each, one of eight, one of ten, and the Ingalls building above described. The first superintendent of the schools was B. T. Bradford, who organized the graded system. Mr. Bradford was succeeded, after a term of four years, by a man named Owens, who served but one year. Supt. R. H. Jackson followed him, and managed the schools until June, 1876, when J. C. Scott was elected to succeed him, and served until 1878. In 1878, C.S. Sheffield became superintendent, and served until 1880, when R. C. Meade was elected. Mr. Meade was superintendent until December, 1886, when he was superseded by F. M. Draper, and in 1889 he was followed by Buel T. Davis. Mr. Davis was succeeded, in 1891, by J. H. Glotfelter, who is superintendent at this date.
A History Of Mitchell County Kansas Schools (from A Book Published In 1893)
As shown by the records, the present board of education of the city of RETURN TO kansas education AND SCHOOL INFORMATION FOR GENEALOGISTS HOME PAGE
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Extractions: (Topeka, Kan. : Hamilton Printing Company : E. H. Snow, state printer, 1893) HISTORY AND GROWTH OF SCHOOLS, BY COUNTIES by Irvin Stanley, county superintendent of schools MITCHELL COUNTY Mitchell county was organized in the year 1870. It was named in honor of Capt. William D. Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell entered the Union army as a private in Company K, Second Kansas Cavalry, and was promoted to captain in the Second Kentucky Cavalry. The population of the county in 1870 was 485, and in 1892 was 13,500. Beloit is the county seat. The number of schoolhouses in 1876, six years after its organization, was 54. At the present time there are 114 districts organized, including three joint districts. There are 118 school buildings, with 147 rooms. Of the 118 buildings, 25 are made of stone. Five new buildings have been erected this year, two of which are stone, at a cost of $5,750. The early settlers of the county had to encounter many difficulties in order to have schools. Lumber for some of the buildings was hauled from Solomon City, a distance of more than 50 miles. In many of the districts the first school buildings were dugouts, or sod houses; but as time rolled on and our people prospered these, one by one, gave place to something better, until now not a dugout or sod house is used for school purposes in the county. Our later settlers seem to appreciate the inspiration of the times and the present good facilities for improvements, and are erecting more substantial and commodious buildings.
History Of KSHSAA
The official magazine of the Association The kansas State High School ActivitiesJournal body to include six board of education or school board members,
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Extractions: The first interscholastic activities organizations were the State High School Debate League and the State High School Athletic Association, both of which came in to being in 1910. The Debate League was centered in the Extension Division of the University of Kansas, although the governing body was composed of high school principals. Harold G. Gingham, Director of the University Extension Division, guided the debate activities until 1937. The Athletic Association has been under the exclusive directions of superintendents and principals since its organizations in the fall of 1910. It grew from a small, voluntary group of fewer than 50 high schools in 1910 and 1911, until the early 1920's when as many as 500 high schools were members. With the increasing interest in athletics came problems in involving eligibility, sportsmanship, and outside agencies. A revision of the constitution in 1921 gave the Board of Control authority to assess penalties for violations, and some rather startling cases involving rules violations increased the prestige of the Association. The time, attention and responsibilities required of the Board of Control led to a movement for a full-time executive secretary to serve as chief administrative officer. Membership dues were raised, a surplus created, and at the annual meeting in 1927, the Board of Control was authorized to employ a full-time executive officer and to establish permanent headquarters in Topeka.
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In August 1999, the kansas State Board of education amended the states public In kansas, the State Board of education has only an advisory role.
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Mac News Science Kansas Board Of Education Begins Evolution
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Kansas Court Cases
Board of education, 347 US 483 Segregation 1954, Topeka, kansas Court OpinionDelivered by Chief Justice Earl Warren Attorney for the Plaintiff Charles
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Kansas Board Votes To Bar Evolution From Classroom
of the kansas State Board of education decision on the teaching of evolution . If (the State Board of education) had their way, they d do away with
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Extractions: Date: 09/03/99 22:15 Whether life started in a swamp 6 billion years ago or a garden 6,000 years ago, Shawnee Mission students' lives won't change at all because of the Kansas State Board of Education decision on the teaching of evolution. "Students have joked a little bit about it, asking if we'll be studying evolution this year," said Shawnee Mission East biology teacher Rick Gould. "Of course the answer is `yes.' As long as living things continue to evolve, we'll continue to study it." Gould, along with other Shawnee Mission biology teachers, have stepped into a new school year following a recent vote by the state Board of Education to exclude the theory of evolution from state assessment tests. The state board voted 6-4 to leave what to teach on the subject up to local school boards. However, Education Commissioner Andy Tompkins said he believed new science standards will de-emphasize evolution. "We're going to continue to cover the same material as we have in the past," Shawnee Mission Superintendent Marjorie Kaplan said following the state board's decision. "We have confidence in our biology teachers to decide what's going to be in the curriculum."
Darwinism Takes A Step Back In Kansas
Suddenly, the mere mention of the kansas State Board of education in mosteducational and academic Some Surprising Support for kansas Board of education
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Extractions: LU-Announce Suddenly, the mere mention of the Kansas State Board of Education in most educational and academic circles brings derisive giggles and sneers. In August the Kansas State Board of Education voted to remove references to macroevolution from state science testing standards. A wave of revulsion gripped the nation's media. In Time magazine, Harvard University paleontologist Stephen J. Gould trumpeted, "The board transported its jurisdiction to a never-never land where a Dorothy of the new millennium might exclaim, 'they still call it Kansas, but I don't think we're in the real world anymore.'" Gould further belittles honest concerns about the teaching of evolution by proclaiming: (1) no other nation has endured any similar movement (this makes us look bad overseas); (2) evolution is as well documented as any phenomenon in science (it is perverse to call evolution anything but a fact); and (3) no discovery of science can lead us to ethical conclusions (believe what religion you want, science doesn't threaten you).
The Controversy Over The Kansas Science Standards
This standards document was before the State Board of education for three months The Governor of kansas and all of the presidents of the regents
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Extractions: First, some words about how the current situation developed. A part of an effort to develop clearer, more effective guidelines for public school curricula in Kansas, the State Board of Education appointed a 27-member committee of K-12 science teachers, science educators, and scientists to develop a science standards document . Over a 13-month period, it went through several drafts and several rounds of public comment. During this process there was considerable opposition by certain Christian groups who sought the elimination of evolution from the curriculum. In the end, the resulting document was really quite well-written and stressed both the nature and methodologies of science as well as several unifying theories and concepts (including evolutionary theory) that cut across disciplines. This standards document was before the State Board of Education for three months awaiting approval. However, one state board member put forward an alternative proposal that had completely bypassed any process of review or public comment. It was largely ghost-written by members of a local creation science organization. This document eliminated any mention of evolution and also removed reference to any unifying scientific theories. It rather put the focus on "technological science," and dismissed "theoretical science" as unproven speculation with little practical application. Fully half the members of the State Board of Education (an elected body under no other political, educational, or legislative body) favored this proposal over the document developed by the education committee, resulting in an immediate deadlock.
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NSTA - Pressroom
The kansas State Board of education did not adopt these standards as written.The kansas Association of Teachers of Science holds that the State Board of
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Extractions: Whereas the Kansas Science Education Standards as approved by the Kansas State Board of Education are not consistent with the vision and content of the National Science Education Standards , the Benchmarks for Science Literacy , and the Pathways to the Standards Be it resolved that the Board of Directors of the Kansas Association of Teachers of Science (KATS) does not support and disassociates itself from these Kansas Science Education Standards as approved by the Kansas State Board of Education.
NSTA - Pressroom
NSTA Letter to the kansas State Department of education on the Teaching of of kansas we urge the kansas State Board of education to use the kansas
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Extractions: Topeka, KS 66612-1182 Dear Board Members: On behalf of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and its 55,000 members nationwide - with more than 700 in the state of Kansas - we urge the Kansas State Board of Education to use the Kansas Science Education Revision Committee's Draft Two to best advise your decision on Kansas Science Standards. The committee's work represents the best practices of the National Science Education Standards and exemplifies good science. NSTA strongly supports the position that evolution is a major unifying concept in science and should be included in the K-12 science education frameworks and curricula. This position is consistent with those of the National Academies, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and many other scientific and educational organizations. Though the Board members' decision has political ramifications, NSTA urges you to base your decision solely on what best represents what Kansas students should know about and be able to do as a result of their science studies. Scientific evidence should be the primary basis for your decision. It is unfair to the students of Kansas to give them anything less.
Kansas Education Board Votes To Bring Back Evolution Theory
kansas education board votes to bring back evolution theory. Related Sites On Wednesday, he said he was pleased with the kansas board s vote.
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Extractions: 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.
Geotimes October 1999 Feature
The kansas Board of educations vote helps to perpetuate the doubly flawed 11 decision by the kansas State Board of education to delete evolution from
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Extractions: FEATURE October 1999 The Kansas State Board of Education voted Aug. 11 to eliminate all references to evolutionas well as to the Big Bang theory, the age of Earth or biological macroevolutionfrom the states science curriculum. Geotimes asked members of the geoscience community to respond to this decision. Their letters follow: Creation Science: Bad Science, Bad Religion! Scientists are the solution Any responses to these letters can be sent to or to Geotimes, 4220 King Street, Alexandria, Va. 22302. The Kansas State Board of Educations deplorable vote to marginalize teaching of evolutionary science highlights foundational scientific and religious issues. The vote strengthens creation sciences strategy of dumbing down science teaching, not to mention beliefs fundamental to the Jewish and Christian religions. This educational disaster gives free reign to creation sciences relentless religious war to destroy science. I support teaching religion as religion , and science as science Creationism as science is an oxymoron because the most foundational religious statement is that God is Creator. Genesis begins: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. When God is called Creator, it designates the God of Genesis (pre-Big Bang), then the only being in the universe, the one by whom all others are said to be produced. Although creation science claims that it is science, it is in fact religion camouflaged as science: The creation model presupposes a Creator. In the Bible God is the only subject for the verb create(Langdon Gilkey, 1985). The creation model has God as the only being prior to his creative action; only when the universe was produced by creation did science become possible.
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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
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Extractions: 13 August 1999 Use this version to print The Kansas Board of Education voted Wednesday to delete virtually all references to evolution, natural selection and the origins of the universe from the state's science curriculum. The decision represents the most far-reaching success thus far for the Religious Right and its attempt to ban Darwinism from public school classrooms in the US. Under the new guidelines for K-12 students, individual science teachers will not be barred from teaching evolution, but it will no longer be included in state tests, and therefore can be dropped from the curriculum of local school boards. Presented by the state board as a victory for local school "choice," the move is expected to encourage Christian conservatives to push for a complete ban on the teaching of evolution in local school districts and to force teachers to question the validity of evolution and teach creationism. Kenneth Miller, a Brown University biology professor and staunch advocate of teaching evolution, told the
Kansas Board Of Education Bans The Teaching Of Evolution In Kansas Primary Schoo
kansas Board of education on Evolution and Other Theories Believed by Some toConflict The kansas Board of education voted on 11 August 1999 to delete
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Extractions: Boards of education frequently deal with the teaching of evolution is school. Although the stories below are several years old they accurately reflect the issues brought before boards of education. Ultimately, the Kansas ban was quickly overturned after anti-evolution board members were voted out of office. Below are links to the leading pro and anti evolution sites. Click here to visit the Creation Research Society (anti-evolution) Home Page Kansas Board of Education on Evolution and Other Theories Believed by Some to Conflict with the Bible The Kansas Board of Education voted on 11 August 1999 to delete virtually any mention of evolution from the state's science curriculum, in one of the most far-reaching efforts by creationists in recent years to challenge the teaching of evolution in schools. While the move does not prevent the teaching of evolution, it will not be included in the state assessment tests that evaluate students' performance in various grades, which may discourage school districts from spending time on the subject. This issue is being widely discussed across the United States and recently made the cover to
Access Research Network - Kansas School Board Evolution Resources 8.99
On Februray 14, 2001 the kansas State Board of education voted to restore evolutionas a central theory in science classes. Not only was evolution restored,
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Extractions: Network On Februray 14, 2001 the Kansas State Board of Education voted to restore evolution as a central theory in science classes. Not only was evolution restored, but a worldview philosophy of naturalism is now being promoted in Kansas. This letter by the Intelligent Design network proposes changes to the standard that were not accepted. The letter, the response by the writing team, and the followup letter clearly illustrates the naturalism worldview statements being promoted by the Kansas State Board of Education. For further information on the Kansas Science Standards visit the IDNet website at: http://www.intelligentdesignnetwork.org/ On Tuesday, May 9, 2005, the Kansas State Board voted to submit a next to final version of the Science Standards to an outside agency for external review. This version of the Standards incorporates the changes that are described in a two page summary posted at

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