Kansas has been denied permission to use two key documents commonly used in the writing of science education standards for states, the National Science Education Standards (published by the National Research Council ) and Pathways to Science Standards (published by the National Science Teacher Association ). The respective organizations argued that they could not grant the state of Kansas permission to use these documents in the current form of the Kansas Science Educational Standards, as these overemphasize controversy between the scientific theory of Evolution and the argument of Intelligent Design . Moreover, the organizations criticize that the standards in their current form distort the definition of science. The American Association for the Advancement of Science has expressed its support for the decision to deny Kansas the use of copyrighted material, as "the proposed standards misrepresent both the content and the standing of evolution as a scientific organizing principle". This is the second time that Kansas was denied the right to use copyrighted materials in their state standards, following the case in 1999, when Kansas included Creationism , a precursor of Intelligent Design, into the school curriculum. A later school board overturned that directive. The dispute in Kansas has brought nationwide responses, ranging from a rebuke by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to the creation of internet-sensation Flying Spaghetti Monster mythology (which is lobbying the Kansas School Board to give equal time teaching their creationism theory as well.)
Kansas has been denied permission to use two key documents commonly used in the writing of science education standards for states, the (published by the ) and Pathways to Science Standards (published by the ). The respective organizations argued that they could not grant the state of Kansas permission to use these documents in the current form of the Kansas Science Educational Standards, as these overemphasize controversy between the scientific theory of and the argument of . Moreover, the organizations criticize that the standards in their current form distort the . The has expressed its support for the decision to deny Kansas the use of copyrighted material, as "the proposed standards misrepresent both the content and the standing of evolution as a scientific organizing principle". This is the second time that Kansas was denied the right to use copyrighted materials in their state standards, following the case in 1999, when Kansas included , a precursor of Intelligent Design, into the school curriculum. A later school board overturned that directive. The dispute in Kansas has brought nationwide responses, ranging from a rebuke by the to the creation of internet-sensation mythology (which is lobbying the Kansas School Board to give equal time teaching their creationism theory as well.)
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National Research Council
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National Science Teacher Association
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Creationism
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Flying Spaghetti Monster