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Science groups deny material to Kansas schools

The National Academy of Sciences and the National Science Teachers Association denied the Kansas school board the use of unspecified copyrighted materials as part of their new standards because of the state?s ongoing challenge to the teaching of evolution. The proposed new standards directly affect statewide tests and therefore affect what is taught in schools. Ralph J. Cicerone, president of the National Academy, and Michael J. Padilla, president of the teachers? group, believe that the curriculum changes will not properly equip students from Kansas to deal with an increasingly technological world and will put them at a severe disadvantage.

Source: The New York Times

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