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Douglas proposes Christian-based academic standards
A parade of teachers, parents and others lined up Monday to ask the state Board of Education to reject efforts by the state schools chief to alter -- and they believe dilute -- academic standards.
Senate committee votes to create day for Charles Darwin
Three decades after lawmakers pushed teaching creationism in public schools, the state Senate will decide whether the father of the theory of evolution deserves to be honored.
National group calls education reform bill anti-science
A recently introduced Senate bill seeks to include in K-12 science courses discussion on the controversial issues of evolution, global warming and cloning, but the National Center for Science Education calls the measure anti-science legislation.
