This
article in the K-State Collegian hasn't seem to make it outside of Central Kansas. My local school board, newly filled with some great, progressive thinkers, recently rejected the new science standards passed by the Kansas State Board of Education in November. You may recall that the standards allowed non-natural explanations of natural phenomena.
Here's my favorite quote from one of the school board members:
"I think what has us all concerned is when we look at the state standards, there is a door that opens toward Intelligent Design," board member Beth Tatarko said. "You watch presentations, you listen to the speakers, you really press them on the issue, and it is about religion."
While the vote is mostly symbolic, it is evidence that there are Kansans who are rational and progressive. Face it; I need all the evidence I can find to keep living here.