Kansas Board of Education

^{Phillip E. Johnson
November 12, 1999
Intelligent Design}

The Religious Implications of Teaching Evolution

_{Phillip E. Johnson
November 12, 1999
Intelligent Design}

Robert E. Hemenway, chancellor of the University of Kansas, declared war on creationism in his essay ("The Evolution of a Controversy in Kansas Shows Why Scientists Must Defend the Search for Truth," Opinion, Chronicle of Higher Education, October 29). He characterized the Kansas Board of Education as wishing to destroy the idea that the public schools should be a source of truth or certainty, and quoted various hyperbolic comments that gave the impression that the board had discarded science in favor of the Book of Genesis. His worries are greatly exaggerated, but there is much to be said for the remedy he proposes. Read More ›

^{Multiple Authors
July 1, 1998
Uncategorized}

Don’t take God out of the Classroom

_{Multiple Authors
July 1, 1998
Uncategorized}

On Valentine’s Day, 2001, the Kansas Board of Education voted to change the state’s science teaching standards to emphasize evolution and the Big Bang theory in the teaching of how life began on earth. The current board members have overturned a 1999 set of science standards that were passed by a more conservative board. The conservative board, in an effort Read More ›

^{J. Budziszewski
October 1, 1994
Intelligent Design}

Just the Facts, Please

_{J. Budziszewski
October 1, 1994
Intelligent Design}

Here's what did happen. The Board did adopt new statewide science testing standards. Curriculum was left where it had been, in the hands of local districts. Read More ›