Kansas school-board race spotlights evolution.

KANSAS. Board of Education; EDUCATION; EVOLUTION (Biology) -- Government policy; CURRICULA (Courses of study); RULES

Discusses the decision by the Kansas Board of Education to allow local school boards to decide whether to include instruction pertaining to the theory of biological evolution in curricula. Impending election of officials to the board; Amount of money spent on campaigns following the polarizing decision by the board; Outlook for the future of the decision; Poll concerning the sentiments of adults in the United States on whether evolution should be taught in schools.