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JOHN HANNA
Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kan. - At least one State Board of Education member favors
putting stickers in science textbooks saying evolution is a theory and
not fact, but other conservative board members aren't sure about the
idea.
Board member Iris Van Meter said she likes the idea, which Attorney
General Phill Kline suggested publicly after private meetings with the
six conservative Republicans, including Van Meter, who form a majority
on the 10-member board.
"I think children ought to be taught that it is theory alone," Van
Meter said of evolution.
The board's plans to consider changes in state science education
standards later this year rekindled the debate over how evolution is
taught. Current standards describe it as a key concept for students to
learn, but critics hope to expose students to more criticism of it. In
the past, some have argued for teaching creationism or intelligent
design alongside evolution.
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