Evolution of Kansas?
Tuesday’s vote in the State School Board elections in Kansas resulted in the ouster of the conservative majority which favored putting evolution under review (and only evolution—no other science concepts and ideas...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Aug 3, 2006 | Politics, Religion
Tuesday’s vote in the State School Board elections in Kansas resulted in the ouster of the conservative majority which favored putting evolution under review (and only evolution—no other science concepts and ideas...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Aug 1, 2006 | Politics, Religion
Yes, Kansas is back in the news again regarding the nature of science, evolution, and the Kansas State School Board. Elections for half of the seats on the board are next Tuesday. In a New York Times article, Evolution’s...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Jul 30, 2006 | Biology, Politics
Since the recent bill proposed by the Senate to support embryonic stem cell research through NIH funding, and the subsequent veto by the President, considerable discussion has ensued from each side of the issue. Today’s...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Jul 26, 2006 | Reform
There was an interesting article in today’s New York Times, The Unfailing Belief in the Power of Teaching by David M. Herszenhorn. It’s a story about Andres Alonso, whose family, when he was 12, fled Cuba and settled...
Read MorePosted by Jack Hassard | Jul 26, 2006 | Reform
There was an interesting article in today’s New York Times, The Unfailing Belief in the Power of Teaching by David M. Herszenhorn. It’s a story about Andres Alonso, whose family, when he was 12, fled Cuba and settled...
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