Last August, the Kansas Board of Education — urged by conservative Christians — removed all references to evolution from the state curriculum, a decision that “'made Kansas an international laughing stock.'”  Topeka News, US

This February, the Board restored the teaching of evolution to schoolchildren by a 7-to-3 vote.

“'In a word: hallelujah' said Eugene Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education” in the Los Angeles Times, US.

It became necessary to revise the education standard “after three national science groups refused to give the Board permission to borrow copyrighted material.” Kansas Morning Sun, US

“The new curriculum says that children do not have to accept the theory of evolution, merely to understand it.” The Daily Telegraph, UK

One unconvinced Board member objected to:

“' the whole tenor and tone that evolution is a fact .'”  Kansas News, US

And another said:

“'We need to stop making evolution a religion.'”  Kansas News, US

Creationists and evolutionists are involved in a conflict as:

“'two fundamentally different types of thinking ... Evolutionist proponents believe ... that nature did its own creating. Much of the world doesn't believe that.'” The Washington Post, US

In Kansas, 25% of biology teachers believe that:

“God designed the earth and all that's in it.”  The Washington Post, US

The debate continues.