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29 Sep 2013, 8:49 pm by Steven D. Schwinn
Citizens for Objective Public Education, or COPE, last week filed suit in federal court against the Kansas State Board of Education for adopting a science standards that include evolution as a fundamental concept. [read post]
8 Nov 2005, 11:47 pm
[JURIST] In a victory for intelligent design advocates, the Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday approved by a vote of 6-4 revised science standards [BoE materials] that require students to understand not only evolution [BBC backgrounder], but also recent challenges to the theory, such as that suggesting that life is too complex to have evolved without help from a higher power. [read post]
14 Nov 2016, 11:02 am by Erik Slobe
The US Supreme Court [official website] on Monday denied certiorari [order list, PDF] in a case brought by Citizens for Objective Public Education (COPE) [advocacy website] against science education policies adopted by the Kansas State Board of Education [official website]. [read post]
30 Sep 2013, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Citizens for Objective Public Education (COPE) on Friday announced that it has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the adoption by the Kansas State Board of Education of the National Academy of Sciences Framework for K-12 Science Education  and the Next Generation Science Standards based on that Framework. [read post]
10 May 2007, 4:02 am
Via the Associated Press:The Kansas Board of Education on Tuesday repealed sex education policies enacted last year, the latest move by the moderate majority to undo efforts by conservatives when they dominated the board. [read post]
21 May 2007, 4:32 am
Today's New York Times reports that the next president of the National Association of State Boards of Education will be Kenneth R. [read post]
2 Aug 2006, 4:31 am
[JURIST] Hardline Republicans in Kansas lost control of the Kansas Board of Education [official website] during a Tuesday primary vote that brought in more moderate conservatives who support the theory of evolution. [read post]
31 Jan 2021, 9:08 am by Paul Caron
Chronicle of Higher Education, Kansas Regents Make It Easier to Dismiss Tenured Professors: KansasBoard of Regents voted unanimously on Wednesday to create a process by which the state’s six public universities can more expeditiously suspend and fire employees, including tenured faculty members. [read post]
16 Nov 2016, 4:10 am by Howard Friedman
Kansas State Board of Education, (Docket No. 16-229, cert. denied 11/14/2016). [read post]
15 Feb 2007, 1:47 pm
For the fourth time in eight years, the Kansas State Board of Education has again revised its science standards. [read post]
17 May 2009, 6:31 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Board of Education, decided May 17, 1954, became the Supreme Court’s definitive judgment on segregation in American education. [read post]
23 Apr 2016, 5:00 am by Cyrus Farivar
Kansas Board of Education, is a notable victory for science—and a blow to the creationist crowd and its progeny. [read post]
14 Feb 2007, 1:10 am
The Kansas State Board of Education has once again changed the state's guidelines for teaching science in the public schools, reinstating a mainstream scientific approach on teaching of evolution. [read post]
20 Apr 2016, 4:05 am by Howard Friedman
Kansas State Board of Education, (10th Cir., April 19, 2016), the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed on standing grounds an Establishment Clause challenge to Kansas' curriculum standards for science instruction in grades K-12. [read post]
16 Mar 2015, 4:44 am by Derek Black
She was one of 13 African American parents in Topeka, Kansas, who brought the case. [read post]
3 Dec 2014, 4:20 am by Howard Friedman
Kansas State Board of Education, (D KA, Dec. 2, 2014), a Kansas federal district court dismissed on 11th Amendment and standing grounds a challenge to the Kansas State Board of Education science Framework and Standards. [read post]
6 Apr 2017, 6:55 pm by Lawrence B. Ebert
A story appeared on NBC News on April 6 about how high school students at Pittsburgh High School (Kansas) uncovered errors in the resume of the new principal Amy Robertson, leading to Robertson's resignation.CNBC noted:Robertson, who had been approved for the role by the local board of education, claimed to have earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Tulsa, a master's degree and a doctorate degree from Corllins University, and a teaching degree… [read post]
7 Jun 2016, 7:57 am by lawschool academicsupport
The newly elected organizational board members for the Association of Academic Support Educators are: President: Jamie Kleppetsch (John Marshall) President-Elect: Betsy Brand Six (Kansas) Immediate Past President: Pavel Wonsowicz (UCLA) Vice-President for Diversity: Russell McClain (Maryland) Secretary: Louis Schulze (Florida... [read post]